地理先生

Chinese

		geography; geographical features; topography	mister; sir; gentleman
trad. (地理先生)		地理	先生
simp. ^#(地理先生)		地理	先生

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thi-lî-sîn-sâng

(Hailu, HRS): ti^˖ li^ˋ sin^ˋ sang^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): ti⁴ li³ xin¹ sang¹
Eastern Min (BUC): dî-lī-sĭng-năng
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): di⁶ li⁵ slin¹ siang¹
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di⁵ li³ sienn¹ sen

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-lî-sîn-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti li^ˊ xin^ˊ sang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ li¹ xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ li²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti^˖ li^ˋ sin^ˋ sang^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi³³ li⁵³ sin⁵³ saŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ti⁴ li³ xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ li³¹ ɕin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dî-lī-sĭng-năng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵³ l̃i³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ ^(s-)liŋ⁵⁵ nˡaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: di⁶ li⁵ slin¹ siang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²² li²⁴ ɬin⁵³ siɐŋ⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: di⁵ li³ sienn¹ sen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ti²¹⁻¹¹ li⁴¹ si̯ẽ³³ sən³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ti²¹⁻¹¹ li⁴¹ ɕi̯ẽ³³ sən³/

Noun

地理先生

(Pingxiang Gan, Hakka, Huizhou, Eastern Min, Southern Pinghua, Xiang) 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, 風水師傅
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

References

“地理先生”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.