風水先生

Chinese

		wind and water; wind and water; wind and rain	one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; mister; sir; gentleman
trad. (風水先生)		風水	先生
simp. (风水先生)		风水	先生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngshuǐ xiānshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ seoi² sin¹ saang¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fûng-súi-sîn-sâng

(Hailu, HRS): fung^ˋ shui^ˊ sin^ˋ sang^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): fung¹ sui³ xin¹ sang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fon-sy-shi-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshuǐ xiānshēng → fēngshuǐ xiānsheng (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥ → ㄈㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongshuěi sianshe̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-shui³ hsien¹-shêng⁵
  - Yale: fēng-shwěi syān-sheng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengshoei shian.sheng
  - Palladius: фэншуй сяньшэн (fɛnšuj sjanʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ → /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ seoi² sin¹ saang¹
  - Yale: fūng séui sīn sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ soey² sin¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ sêu² xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-súi-sîn-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˊ sui^ˋ xin^ˊ sang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹ sui³ xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴ su̯i³¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˋ shui^ˊ sin^ˋ sang^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /fuŋ⁵³ ʃui²⁴ sin⁵³ saŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fung¹ sui³ xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ suɪ³¹ ɕin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹fon-sy-shi-san
  - MiniDict: fon^平 sy shi san
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fon-sr-xi-san
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /foŋ⁵⁵ sz̩³³ ɕi³³ sã²¹/

Noun

風水先生

fengshui master; geomancer

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 風水先生 (“fengshui master; geomancer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		風水先生, 風水師, 堪輿家, 堪輿師
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	風水師, 風水先生
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	風水先生, 風水仙
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	陰陽先生, 陰陽先兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	風水先生
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	陰陽先生, 陰陽
	Guiyang	陰陽先生
	Liuzhou	風水佬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	陰陽先生
Cantonese	Guangzhou	風水佬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	風水佬, 風水師
Gan	Pingxiang	地理先生
Hakka	Meixian	風水先生, 地理先生
	Yudu	地理先生
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	風水先生
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	風水先生
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	風水先生
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	風水先生
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	風水先生
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	地理先生
Huizhou	Jixi	地理先生
Jin	Xinzhou	陰陽先生, 陰陽匠, 風水先生
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	地理先生
Southern Min	Xiamen	風水仙, 地理師, 地理仙, 牽羅經 dated
	Quanzhou	風水仙, 牽羅經 dated, 牽經 dated
	Zhangzhou	風水仙, 地理仙, 堪輿仙, 牽羅經 dated
	Taipei	風水仙, 地理仙
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	地理仙, 牽羅經
	Kaohsiung	地理師
	Yilan	風水仙, 牽羅經
	Changhua (Lukang)	風水師
	Taichung	風水仙, 仙的
	Tainan	地理師, 風水仙
	Hsinchu	風水仙
	Kinmen	風水仙
	Penghu (Magong)	風水仙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	風水佬, 地理先生
Wu	Shanghai	風水先生, 風鑒先生 dated
	Danyang	冷先生, 風水先生
	Hangzhou	風水先生, 陰陽先生
	Ningbo	風水先生
	Wenzhou	風水先生
	Jinhua	風水先生
Xiang	Changsha	地神先生, 地理先生