卜年

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to divine; foretell; turnip	year
simp. and trad. (卜年)		卜	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǔnián

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): buk¹ nin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǔnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǔnián
  - Wade–Giles: pu³-nien²
  - Yale: bǔ-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buunian
  - Palladius: бунянь (bunjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: buk¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: būk nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁷ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bug¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚⁵ niːn²¹/

Verb

卜年

(literary) to divine the number of years that a state will reign

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 卜年 – see 欲呢 (“what does someone want to do; what for”). (This term is a variant form of 欲呢).

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