繳仙

Chinese

		gambling	addicted person
trad. (繳仙)		繳	仙
simp. (缴仙)		缴	仙
alternative forms		筊仙 筊先 儌仙／侥仙 檄仙 賭仙／赌仙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiáu-sian

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu-sian
    • Tâi-lô: kiáu-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiawsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

繳仙

1. (Southern Min) gambler

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 賭徒 (“gambler”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		賭徒, 賭鬼, 賭棍
Mandarin	Wuhan	賭博佬
	Chengdu	賭客, 賭棍兒, 賭棍
	Liuzhou	賭崽
	Singapore	賭鬼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	賭仔, 爛賭鬼, 爛賭二
	Hong Kong	賭徒, 賭鬼, 賭仔, 爛賭鬼, 爛賭二
	Taishan	賭徒
Gan	Nanchang	賭鬼
Hakka	Meixian	賭腳
	Yudu	賭腳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賭博鬼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賭錢鬼, 賭棍
Southern Min	Xiamen	繳仙, 繳棍, 繳鬼
	Quanzhou	繳仙, 繳棍, 繳鬼
	Jinjiang	繳鬼, 跋繳仙
	Zhangzhou	繳仙, 繳棍, 繳鬼
	Tainan	筊仙, 筊鬼
	Penang (Hokkien)	繳鬼
	Manila (Hokkien)	跋繳仙
	Shantou	賭徒, 跋錢儂
	Jieyang	跋錢蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	賭鬼, 賭佬, 爛賭鬼
Wu	Suzhou	賭鬼
	Hangzhou	賭客
	Ningbo	賭坯, 賭客
Xiang	Changsha	賭痞

References

• “Entry #8838”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “缴仙”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 306.