卜筮
Chinese
to divine; foretell; turnip | divine by stalk | ||
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trad. (卜筮) | 卜 | 筮 | |
simp. #(卜筮) | 卜 | 筮 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǔshìh
- Wade–Giles: pu3-shih4
- Yale: bǔ-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buushyh
- Palladius: буши (buši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: buk1 sai6
- Yale: būk saih
- Cantonese Pinyin: buk7 sai6
- Guangdong Romanization: bug1 sei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʊk̚⁵ sɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: puk-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: bugˋ sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: bug5 si4
- Sinological IPA: /puk̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
Verb
卜筮
- to practice divination; to divine
Usage notes
卜筮 (bǔshì) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜 (bǔ), or 龜卜/龟卜 (guībǔ), which involves the use of 龜甲/龟甲 (guījiǎ) or 牛骨 (niúgǔ); the second is 筮 (shì), or 占筮 (zhānshì), which involves the use of 蓍草 (shīcǎo).
Japanese
Etymology
Kanji in this term | |
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卜 | 筮 |
ぼく Jinmeiyō |
ぜい Hyōgai |
on'yomi |
From an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Chinese compound 卜 (OC *poːɡ) + 筮 (OC *djads)
Noun
- fortune-telling or divination using tortoise shell and bamboo divination sticks
Usage notes
卜筮 (ぼくぜい, bokuzei) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜 (ぼく, bokuzei), or 亀卜 (きぼく, kiboku), which involves the use of tortoise shell 亀の甲 (かめのこう, kamenokou); the second is 筮 (ぜい, zei), or 占筮 (せんぜい, senzei), which involves the use of bamboo divination sticks 筮竹 (ぜいちく, zeichiku), or 蓍 (めどぎ, medogi).[1]
See also
References
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