未卜先知
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Chinese[edit]
not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | to divine; foretell; turnip | early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
to know; to be aware | ||
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simp. and trad. (未卜先知) |
未 | 卜 | 先 | 知 | |
Literally: “to already know without having performed divination”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mei6 buk1 sin1 zi1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê7 bog4 sain1 zai1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wèibǔsianjhih
- Wade–Giles: wei4-pu3-hsien1-chih1
- Yale: wèi-bǔ-syān-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybuushianjy
- Palladius: вэйбусяньчжи (vɛjbusjanʹčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei6 buk1 sin1 zi1
- Yale: meih būk sīn jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei6 buk7 sin1 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: méi6 bug1 xin1 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯²² pʊk̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhuê7 bog4 sain1 zai1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buē pok saiⁿ tsai
- Sinological IPA (key): /bue¹¹ pok̚²⁻⁴ sãĩ³³⁻²³ t͡sai³³/
- (Teochew)
Note: bhuê7 bog4 sain1 zai1 - Jieyang.
Idiom[edit]
未卜先知
- to predict accurately; to foretell accurately