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

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• 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

1. fortune-teller
2. (Hakka) long-jawed spider

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)

Dialectal synonyms of 算命先生 (“fortune-teller”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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 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