卜筮

Chinese

		to divine; foretell; turnip	divine by stalk
trad. (卜筮)		卜	筮
simp. #(卜筮)		卜	筮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk¹ sai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): puk-sṳ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔshì
    • 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: puk-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: bug` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bug⁵ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /puk̚² sɨ⁵⁵/

Verb

卜筮

1. 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).

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
卜	筮
ぼく Jinmeiyō	ぜい Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Chinese compound 卜 (OC *poːɡ) + 筮 (OC *djads)

Noun

卜(ぼく)筮(ぜい) • (bokuzei) 

1. 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).

See also

• 卜(ぼく) (boku): fortune-telling
• 筮(ぜい) (zei): divination stick