蓍龜
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Chinese
[edit]Achillea sibirica | tortoise; turtle | ||
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trad. (蓍龜) | 蓍 | 龜 | |
simp. (蓍龟) | 蓍 | 龟 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄍㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shihguei
- Wade–Giles: shih1-kuei1
- Yale: shr̄-gwēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyguei
- Palladius: шигуй (šiguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si1 gwai1
- Yale: sī gwāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1 gwai1
- Guangdong Romanization: xi1 guei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: syij kwij
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-kij [k]ʷrə/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlji kʷrɯ/
Noun
[edit]蓍龜
- (literary, metonymically) divination (especially by the yarrow stalks and tortoise shell)
- 如實論之,卜筮不問天地,蓍龜未必神靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version
- Rúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]
- As a matter of fact, diviners do not ask Heaven and Earth, nor have weeds or tortoises spiritual qualities.
如实论之,卜筮不问天地,蓍龟未必神灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]