看命先生

Chinese

		T	life; fate	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (看命先生)		看	命	先	生

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kua⁴ mia⁵ seng¹ sa¹ / kuaⁿ⁴ mia⁵ seng¹ saⁿ¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-miā sian-siⁿ

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kua⁴ mia⁵ seng¹ sa¹ [Phonetic: kua¹ mia⁵ leng⁵ na¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kua̍ⁿ-miā seng-saⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua⁴²⁻⁵⁵ mia²¹ ^(ɬ-)lɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)na⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kuaⁿ⁴ mia⁵ seng¹ saⁿ¹ [Phonetic: kuaⁿ¹ mia⁵ leng⁵ na¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰũã⁴²⁻⁵⁵ mia²¹ ^(ɬ-)lɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)na⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-miā sian-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-miā sian-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarmia siensvy
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

看命先生

1. (Hokkien and Puxian Min) fortuneteller

Synonyms

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• 半仙 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 有司 (yǒusī) (archaic)
• 看命仙 (Hokkien)
• 相命仙 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 相命的 (Hokkien)
• 相命者 (xiàngmìngzhě)
• 算命仔 (Hakka)
• 算命仙 (Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 算命佬 (syun³ meng⁶ lou²) (Cantonese)
• 算命先生 (suànmìng xiānsheng) (male fortuneteller)
• 算命家 (suànmìngjiā)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “看命先生”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 336.