南華老仙

See also: 南华老仙

Chinese

		Zhuangzi	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	immortal
trad. (南華老仙)		南華	老	仙
simp. (南华老仙)		南华	老	仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nán Huá lǎo xiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nán Huá lǎo xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nán Huá lǎo sian
    • Wade–Giles: Nan² Hua² lao³ hsien¹
    • Yale: Nán Hwá lǎu syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nan Hwa lao shian
    • Palladius: Нань Хуа лао сянь (Nanʹ Xua lao sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

南華老仙

1. (archaic) Zhuangzi

Usage notes

After his death, Zhuangzi was deified by his followers. They said that he would later travel to the north, and ascend to the heavens as an immortal in a blaze of fire. In the first year of the Tianbao era (742), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang gave Zhuangzi the appellation true man from the southern lands (南華真人).