神 shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 申 to report
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
神仙
shénxiān
immortal; deity; carefree person
Characters in this word
仙 xiān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 山 mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在民间传说里，神仙并非只是长生不老，也常承担惩恶扬善的责任。 Zài mínjiān chuánshuō lǐ, shénxiān bìngfēi zhǐshì chángshēng bù lǎo, yě cháng chéngdān chéng'è yángshàn de zérèn. In folk legends, immortals are not merely beings who live forever; they often bear the duty of punishing evil and promoting good.
- 传说这座山顶上住着一位神仙。 Chuánshuō zhè zuò shāndǐng shàng zhùzhe yí wèi shénxiān. Legend has it that an immortal lives on the top of this mountain.
- 他每天喝茶看报，日子过得像神仙一样。 Tā měitiān hē chá kàn bào, rìzi guòde xiàng shénxiān yíyàng. Every day he drinks tea and reads the paper, living like an immortal.
Related words
- 精神 jīngshén spirit
- 精神 jīngshen energetic
- 神话 shénhuà myth
- 神秘 shénmì mysterious
- 神 shén god
- 神经 shénjīng nerve
- 神奇 shénqí amazing; magical
- 神情 shénqíng facial expression
- 出神 chūshén to be lost in thought; entranced
- 精神病 jīngshénbìng mental illness; psychiatric disorder
- 聚精会神 jùjīnghuìshén to concentrate fully; with rapt attention
- 留神 liúshén to take care; to watch out