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仙侠

仙俠
xiānxiá
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 xianxia
  2. 2 fantasy genre featuring immortal cultivators, sword-wielding heroes and Daoist magic

Examples

HSK 3
他专门写仙侠小说。
Tā zhuānmén xiě xiānxiá xiǎoshuō.
He specifically writes xianxia novels.
HSK 3
仙侠游戏这两年特别火。
Xiānxiá yóuxì zhè liǎng nián tèbié huǒ.
Xianxia games have been huge the last couple of years.
HSK 7-9
《花千骨》是经典的仙侠剧。
《 Huāqiāngǔ 》 shì jīngdiǎn de xiānxiá jù.
The Journey of Flower is a classic xianxia drama.

Tips

culture
Combines 仙 (Daoist immortal) with 侠 (wuxia martial hero). Distinct from 玄幻 (pure fantasy, often with Western elements) and 武侠 (classical martial-arts with no supernatural). A massive export genre via Netflix adaptations and Chinese-to-English web-novel translations.

In Pop Culture

诛仙 Zhū Xiān
Jade Dynasty
seminal xianxia novel by 萧鼎, adapted many times for TV and film
修真 xiū zhēn
cultivation
the central xianxia trope: practitioners cultivate qi through meditation and trials to become immortal

Stroke Order

仙 xiān
侠 xiá