扶仙

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help	immortal
simp. and trad. (扶仙)		扶	仙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘-sian

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘-sian
    • Tâi-lô: phôo-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phosiefn
    • IPA (Tainan): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

扶仙

1. (Hokkien) sycophant; bootlicker

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 馬屁精 (“bootlicker; flatterer; brownnose; sycophant; toady”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬屁精
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	馬屁精
	Harbin	溜鬚匠兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	舔腚官
Central Plains Mandarin	Jining	舔腚官
	Wanrong	舔溝子蟲兒, 舔溝子貨
	Xi'an	溜溝子貨
	Xining	舔溝子
	Xuzhou	巴結鬼, 巴結鬼兒, 舔腚官, 哈巴狗, 哈巴狗兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	溝子客
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	呵二屁, 呵屁眼兒
	Nantong	馬屁精, 馬屁客人
	Anqing	巴結猴兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擦鞋仔
	Hong Kong	擦鞋仔, 擦鞋友
Jin	Xinzhou	溜溝子貨, 舔屁眼貨, 爬溝子貨, 舔㞘子貨
	Suide	溜溝子貨
Southern Min	Xiamen	扶仙
	Tainan	扶仙
	Shantou	𡳞脬鬼, 𡳞脬客
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𡳞脬客
	Jieyang	𡳞脬客
Wu	Shanghai	馬屁精
	Suzhou	馬屁精
	Danyang	呵卵脬
	Hangzhou	馬屁精
	Ningbo	馬屁精, 馬屁鬼
Xiang	Loudi	馬屁精