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卜卦

bǔguà
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to divine using the eight trigrams
  2. 2 to cast a hexagram
  3. 3 to tell fortunes

Examples

老人家会卜卦算命。
Lǎorénjiā huì bǔguà suànmìng.
The old man knows how to divine and tell fortunes.
他专门去庙里卜卦。
Tā zhuānmén qù miào lǐ bǔguà.
He made a special trip to the temple to have his fortune told.

Tips

culture
Based on the 八卦 (Eight Trigrams) of the I Ching (《易经》). Traditional methods use yarrow stalks or coin tosses to generate a hexagram read for guidance. Sibling terms: 算命 (fortune-telling), 求签 (drawing fortune sticks).

Stroke Order

卜 bǔ
卦 guà