未卜

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to divine; foretell; turnip
simp. and trad. (未卜)		未	卜
Literally: “have not yet divined”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèibǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ buk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèibǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèibǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-pu³
    • Yale: wèi-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybuu
    • Palladius: вэйбу (vɛjbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ buk¹
    • Yale: meih būk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ buk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ bug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² pʊk̚⁵/

Verb

未卜

1. (formal) to be unknown; to be uncertain; to be precarious

Derived terms

• 前途未卜
• 吉凶未卜
• 存亡未卜
• 未卜先知 (wèibǔxiānzhī)
• 死生未卜