占卜

占卜

Chinese

		to divine	to divine; foretell; turnip
simp. and trad. (占卜)		占	卜
anagram		卜占

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhānbǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ buk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chiam-pok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhānbǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janbuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhanbǔ
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ buk¹
    • Yale: jīm būk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ buk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ bug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ pʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-pok
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-pok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciampog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³ pɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔk̚³²/

Verb

占卜

1. to divine; to practice divination

Derived terms

紙牌占卜／纸牌占卜 (zhǐpái zhānbǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
占	卜
せん Grade: S	ぼく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Chinese 占卜 (zhānbǔ).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɴbo̞kɯᵝ], [sẽ̞ɴbo̞kɯ̥ᵝ]

Noun

占卜 (hiragana せんぼく, rōmaji senboku)

1. Alternate for 卜占 (bokusen): augury, divination, fortune-telling