牽經

Chinese

		lead along	classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
trad. (牽經)		牽	經
simp. (牵经)		牵	经

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): keng¹ ga¹ / keng¹ gann¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-kiⁿ / khan-keⁿ

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: keng¹ ga¹ [Phonetic: keng⁵ ga¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: keng-gaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ka⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: keng¹ gann¹ [Phonetic: keng⁵ gann¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ kã⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khan-kinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qankvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ kĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-keⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khan-kenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qankvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴/

(Hokkien) Homophone: 牽羹 / 牵羹 (khan-kiⁿ)

Verb

牽經

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to copulate
(Puxian Min) to pull and straighten the warp threads when weaving cloth by hand

Synonyms

(to copulate): 交配 (jiāopèi), (Hokkien) 拍踏, 拍種／拍种, 相經／相经

Noun

牽經

(Quanzhou Hokkien, dated) 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

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “牵经”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.