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): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • 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/

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• 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/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u/	/si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau1	sin1

Verb

修仙

1. (Taoism) to cultivate oneself to become an immortal
2. (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.