算命佬
Chinese
| to tell someone's fortune | man; guy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (算命佬) | 算命 | 佬 | |
| simp. #(算命佬) | 算命 | 佬 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): slun3 miang6 laau5
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: syun3 meng6 lou2
- Yale: syun mehng lóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn3 meng6 lou2
- Guangdong Romanization: xun3 méng6 lou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːn³³ mɛːŋ²² lou̯³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: soen3 moeng3 ngou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /søn³² møŋ³² ŋɔu³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: slun3 miang6 laau5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬun⁵⁵ miɐŋ²² lau²⁴/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
Noun
算命佬
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 算命先生 (“fortune-teller”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 算命先生 male | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 算命的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 算命的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 算命先兒 male, 算卦先兒 male |
| Xi'an | 算命先生 male | |
| Xining | 算命先生 male | |
| Xuzhou | 算命先兒 male | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 算命先生 male |
| Wuhan | 算命的 | |
| Guiyang | 算命子, 算命的, 算命先生 male | |
| Liuzhou | 算命先生 male, 算命的 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 算命先生 male |
| Yangzhou | 算命先生 male, 算命瞎子 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 算命先生 male, 算命佬 male |
| Gan | Nanchang | 算命個 |
| Lichuan | 算命先生 male | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 算命先生 male |
| Yudu | 算命佬 male, 算命先生 male | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 算命仙, 算命先生 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 算命仙, 算命先生 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 算命仙, 算命先生 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 算命仙, 算命先生 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 算命仙, 算命先生 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 算命仙, 算命先生 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 算命先生 male |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 算命先生 male |
| Xinzhou | 算命先生 male | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 算命先生 male, 算命佬 derogatory |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 看命先生 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 相命的, 半仙 |
| Quanzhou | 相命的 | |
| Zhangzhou | 相命的 | |
| Tainan | 相命仙 GT, 看命仙 GT | |
| Haikou | 算命先生 male | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 算命先生 male, 算命佬 male |
| Wu | Shanghai | 算命先生 male |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 算命先生 male | |
| Suzhou | 算命先生 male | |
| Danyang | 算命先生 male | |
| Hangzhou | 算命先生 male | |
| Ningbo | 算命先生 male, 算命瞎眼 | |
| Wenzhou | 算命先生 male | |
| Jinhua | 算命先生 male, 算命眼瞎兒 blind man | |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) | 算命盲兒 blind man | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |