算命先生
Chinese
| to tell someone's fortune | mister; sir; gentleman | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (算命先生) | 算命 | 先生 | |
| simp. #(算命先生) | 算命 | 先生 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): suànmìng xiānsheng
- (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): suan4 min4 xian1 sen1
- (Standard)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syun3 meng6 sin1 saang1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): sáung-miâng sĭng-săng
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5soe-min-shi-san
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: suànmìng xiānsheng
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: suànmìng sianshe̊ng
- Wade–Giles: suan4-ming4 hsien1-shêng5
- Yale: swàn-mìng syān-sheng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suannminq shian.sheng
- Palladius: суаньмин сяньшэн (suanʹmin sjanʹšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: suan4 min4 xian1 sen1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: suanmin xiansen
- Sinological IPA (key): /suan²¹³ min²¹³ ɕiɛn⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: syun3 meng6 sin1 saang1
- Yale: syun mehng sīn sāang
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn3 meng6 sin1 saang1
- Guangdong Romanization: xun3 méng6 xin1 sang1
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːn³³ mɛːŋ²² siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: son-miang sîn-sâng
- Hakka Romanization System: son miang xinˊ sangˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: son4 miang4 xin1 sang1
- Sinological IPA: /son⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: sonˇ miang˖ sinˋ sangˋ
- Sinological IPA: /son¹¹ miaŋ³³ sin⁵³ saŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: son4 miang4 xiên1 sên1 / son4 miang4 xin1 sang1
- Sinological IPA: /sɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³ ɕiɛn⁴⁴ sɛn⁴⁴/, /sɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³ ɕin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Wu
Noun
算命先生
Synonyms
- (fortune-teller):
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) | |
- (long-jawed spider):
Dialectal synonyms of 蠨蛸 (“long-jawed spider”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蠨蛸, 喜蛛, 喜子 | |
| Taxonomic name | 蠨蛸 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 喜蛛蛛兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 喜蛛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 喜蛛蛛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 喜蛛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蟢蟢蛛子, 蟢蟢子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 八腳蟢蟢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 算命先生 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 喜蛛蛛 |
| Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 喜蛛蛛 | |
| Xinzhou | 喜蛛蛛 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 螞啦夾 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 䆀鬼, 蟧蜈 |
| Chaozhou | 馬龍䗁 | |
| Shantou | 馬重䗁 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 馬重䗁 | |
| Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 馬重䗁 | |
| Jieyang | 馬長䗁, 馬龍䗁 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 壁蟢, 喜蛛 |
| Suzhou | 喜蛛 | |
| Danyang | 壁蟢蟢 | |
| Hangzhou | 蟢兒, 壁蟢 | |