登仙とうせん

Chinese

		to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record	immortal
simp. and trad. (登仙とうせん)		登とう	仙せん
alternative forms		登とう僊／登仙とうせん

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengsian
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: dēng-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengshian
    • Palladius: дэнсянь (dɛnsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ sin¹
    • Yale: dāng sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/

Verb

登仙とうせん

1. to become immortal
2. (lofty) to die

Japanese

Kanji in this term
登とう	仙せん
とう Grade: 3	せん Grade: S

Noun

登とう(とう)仙せん(せん) • (tōsen) 

1. becoming a saint
2. death of a high-ranking person