修仙

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	immortal
trad. (修仙)		修	仙
simp. ^#(修仙)		修	仙

Etymology

“to stay up late”: From a meme that reads 「觉都不睡，你想修仙啊」.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ sin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siousian
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-hsien¹
  - Yale: syōu-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushian
  - Palladius: сюсянь (sjusjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ sin¹
  - Yale: sāu sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sjuw sjen

Rime
Character	修	仙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息流切	相然切
Baxter	sjuw	sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu/	/siᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/siu/	/siɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu/	/sjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw/	/sian/
Li Rong	/siu/	/siɛn/
Wang Li	/sĭəu/	/sĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u/	/si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau¹	sin¹

Verb

修⫽仙 (verb-object)

(Taoism) to cultivate oneself to become an immortal
(neologism, slang) to stay up late
還不睡覺？你這麼修仙，遲早死掉。 [MSC, trad.]
还不睡觉？你这么修仙，迟早死掉。 [MSC, simp.]
Hái bù shuìjiào? Nǐ zhème xiūxiān, chízǎo sǐdiào. [Pinyin]
Still not going to bed? Staying up late will make you die sooner or later.