# 教學仔仙
## Chinese

| | | teacher | immortal |
| trad. (教學仔仙) | trad. (教學仔仙) | 教學仔 | 仙 |
| simp. (教学仔仙) | simp. (教学仔仙) | 教学仔 | 仙 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kà-o̍h-á-sian
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-o̍h-á-sian
*** Tâi-lô: kà-o̍h-á-sian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: karoiq'afsiefn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka²¹⁻⁵³ o(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/

### Noun

教學仔仙
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) private tutor; teacher in a private school
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien, derogatory) teacher; instructor (in general)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 師, 先生 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 教師, 教員, 老師, 先生 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老師 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老師 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 老師 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 老師 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老師, 先生 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老師, 先生 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老師, 先生, 教師, 教書匠 derogatory, 叫姑姑 derogatory |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老師, 教師 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 老師 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 老師 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老師 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老師 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 教師, 先生, 老師 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 教師, 老師, 先生 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老師, 先生, 教師, 教書佬, 阿Sir male |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老師, 先生, 阿Sir male, 搣時 female |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老師, 先生 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老師, 先生 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 老師 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 老師, 先生 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老師, 先生 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老師, 先生 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老師 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 老師 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 老師 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 先生 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老師, 先生 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老師, 先生 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老師, 先生, 教師 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老師, 先生 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老師, 先生 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 先生, 老師 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 先生 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 先生 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 先生, 老師, 先生儂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 先生, 老師, 先生儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 先生, 老師, 先生儂, 教學仔, 教冊仔, 教學仔仙 derogatory |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 先生 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 先生 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 先生 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 先生, 先生儂, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 先生 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 先生 |
| Southern Min | Qinzhou (Liwu) | 老師 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 先生, 老師 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 先生, 老師, 教師 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 老師 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 老師 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 老師 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 先生 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老師, 教師, 教書先生 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 教師, 教書先生 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 教師, 教書先生, 先生 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老師, 教書先生 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老師, 教書先生 |

### References

* 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “教学仔仙”, 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 57.