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tiên ông

Pronunciation Northern /tiən˧˧ əwŋ˧˧/ Central /tiəŋ˧˥ əwŋ˧˥/ Southern /tiəŋ˧˧ əwŋ˧˧/
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immortal man
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immortal man

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Meaning
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immortal man Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

An immortal man or a male celestial being who appears in various works of folklore and mythology.

vi Trong truyện cổ tích, tiên ông thường hiện ra để giúp người tốt.

en In fairy tales, the immortal man often appears to help good people.

Parts
tiên / ông / 仙翁
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
仙翁
Candidates by syllable
tiên 仙 ông 翁
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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thần linh / thần tiên / immortal
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cao đài tiên ông đại bồ tát ma ha tát / đầu tiên / tiên tri / tiên sinh …
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