未卜先知

Chinese

		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
simp. and trad. (未卜先知)		未	卜	先	知
Literally: “to already know without having performed divination”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèibǔxiānzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ buk¹ sin¹ zi¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁷ bog⁴ sain¹ zai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèibǔxiānzhī
    • 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Note: bhuê7 bog4 sain1 zai1 - Jieyang.

Idiom

未卜先知

1. to predict accurately; to foretell accurately