仙境

Chinese

		immortal	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
simp. and trad. (仙境)		仙	境

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ ging²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-kin
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-kéng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianjìng
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ching⁴
  - Yale: syān-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjinq
  - Palladius: сяньцзин (sjanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ ging²
  - Yale: sīn gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-kin
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ gin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ gin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: sian-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienkeang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

仙境

(literal, figurative) fairyland; wonderland; paradise

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仙境):

→ Japanese: 仙境(せんきょう) (senkyō)
→ Korean: 선경(仙境) (seon'gyeong)
→ Vietnamese: tiên cảnh (仙境)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仙	境
せん Grade: S	きょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

仙(せん)境(きょう) • (senkyō)

fairyland, enchanted land