算命先生

Chinese

		to tell someone's fortune	one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; 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
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun³ meng⁶ sin¹ saang¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): son-miang sîn-sâng

(Meixian, Guangdong): son⁴ miang⁴ xiên¹ sên¹ / son⁴ miang⁴ xin¹ sang¹
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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: son-miang sîn-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: son miang xin^ˊ sang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: son⁴ miang⁴ xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /son⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: son⁴ miang⁴ xiên¹ sên¹ / son⁴ miang⁴ xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴ sɛn⁴⁴/, /sɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³ sin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sáung-miâng sĭng-săng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ miɑŋ²⁴² siŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)naŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵soe-min-shi-san
  - MiniDict: soe^去 min shi san
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²soe-min-xi-san
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³³ min⁵⁵ ɕi³³ sã²¹/

Noun

算命先生

Synonyms

(fortune-teller):

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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)
算命家 (suànmìngjiā)

(long-jawed spider):

Dialectal synonyms of 蠨蛸 (“long-jawed spider”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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