命理

mìnglǐ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fate reading; fortune-telling from the date and hour of birth

Examples

HSK 5
Tā hěn xiāngxìn mìnglǐ, jiéhūn qián hái zhǎo rén hé le bāzì.
She takes fate reading very seriously, and even had their birth charts matched before the wedding.
HSK 7-9
Ànzhào mìnglǐ de shuōfa, tā jīnnián yùnshì bú tài hǎo.
According to fate reading, his luck isn't great this year.

Tips

culture
The main methods are 八字, read from the year, month, day and hour of birth, and 紫微斗数, a chart of stars. Horoscope columns pair 命理 with 风水: one reads the person, the other the place. A professional is a 命理师.

Stroke Order

命 mìng
理 lǐ