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仙女 (xiān nǚ): Fairy (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

仙女 consists of 2 characters.

immortal, transcendent being, celestial being

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Pinyinxiān nǚ

MeaningFairy

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word仙女

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 仙女.

Words with 仙

神仙shén xiānHSK 6
仙鹤xiān hèHSK 7-9
莆仙戏Púxiān xì

Words with 女

女儿nǚ érHSK 1
女朋友nǚ péng youHSK 1
女孩儿nǚ hái rHSK 2
女人nǚ rénHSK 3
女生nǚ shēngHSK 3
女性nǚ xìngHSK 4
孙女sūn nǚHSK 4
母女mǔ nǚHSK 4

3.

How to Use 仙女 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 仙女 with other words naturally.

Measure Word + Nounwith位

yí一

wèi位

xiān仙

nǚ女

neutral

a fairy

Subject + Verbwith下凡

xiān仙

nǚ女

xià下

fán凡

Adjective + Nounwith美丽

měi美

lì丽

de的

xiān仙

nǚ女

Idiomwith散花

xiān仙

nǚ女

sàn散

huā花

4.

Example Sentences with 仙女

xiān仙

nǚ女

hěn很

piào漂

liàng亮

。

The fairy is very beautiful.

neutral

a fairy descends to the mortal world

neutral

beautiful fairy

formal

Written

fairy scattering flowers

zài在

yuè月

guāng光

xià下

，

tā她

chuān穿

zhe着

bái白

qún裙

de的

yàng样

zi子

wǎn宛

rú如

yī一

wèi位

xià下

fán凡

de的

xiān仙

nǚ女

。

Under the moonlight, she looked like a fairy who had descended to earth in her white dress.

nán难

dào道

nǐ你

bù不

jué觉

de得

nà那

wèi位

bā芭

lěi蕾

wǔ舞

yǎn演

yuán员

qīng轻

yíng盈

dé得

xiàng像

gè个

xiān仙

nǚ女

ma吗

？

Don't you think that ballet dancer is as light and graceful as a fairy?

tóng童

huà话

gù故

shì事

lǐ里

cháng常

cháng常

yǒu有

xiān仙

nǚ女

bāng帮

zhù助

hǎo好

rén人

。

In fairy tales, fairies often help good people.

tā他

gēn根

běn本

bù不

xiāng相

xìn信

tóng童

huà话

lǐ里

nà那

xiē些

xiān仙

nǚ女

de的

cún存

zài在

，

rèn认

wéi为

nà那

zhǐ只

shì是

huàn幻

xiǎng想

。

He simply doesn't believe in the existence of those fairies in fairy tales, thinking they are just fantasies.

suī虽

rán然

tā她

dǎ打

bàn扮

dé得

xiàng像

xiān仙

nǚ女

，

dàn但

xìng性

gé格

què却

fēi非

cháng常

wù务

shí实

hé和

guǒ果

duàn断

。

Although she dresses like a fairy, her personality is very pragmatic and decisive.

tā她

tiào跳

wǔ舞

de的

yàng样

zi子

xiàng像

xiān仙

nǚ女

yī一

yàng样

yōu优

yǎ雅

。

She dances as gracefully as a fairy.

kuài快

kàn看

，

huā花

cóng丛

zhōng中

nà那

ge个

chuān穿

shā纱

qún裙

de的

xiǎo小

nǚ女

hái孩

，

jiǎn简

zhí直

shì是

gè个

xiǎo小

xiān仙

nǚ女

！

Look quickly, that little girl in the gauze dress among the flowers is just like a little fairy!