星命家

xīngmìngjiā
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 astrologer
  2. 2 fortune-teller (especially Daoist, reading fate from stars)

Examples

HSK 2
Tā bù xiāngxìn xīngmìngjiā de huà.
He doesn't believe what astrologers say.
HSK 7-9
Gǔdài de xīngmìngjiā shàncháng gēnjù chūshēng shíchén tuīsuàn mìngyùn.
Ancient astrologers were skilled at calculating fate from one's birth hour.

Tips

culture
星命 specifically refers to fate-reading from celestial positions - most famously 紫微斗数 (Zǐwēi Dǒushù), the Purple Star astrology system, and the older 七政四余. Distinct from 算命先生, who often use birth-character analysis (八字) instead of stars.

Stroke Order

xīng
mìng
jiā