未卜

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to divine; foretell; turnip
simp. and trad. (未卜)		未	卜
Literally: “have not yet divined”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèibǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ buk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèibǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèibǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-pu³
  - Yale: wèi-bǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybuu
  - Palladius: вэйбу (vɛjbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ buk¹
  - Yale: meih būk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ buk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ bug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² pʊk̚⁵/

Verb

未卜

(formal) to be unknown; to be uncertain; to be precarious

Derived terms

前途未卜
吉凶未卜
存亡未卜
未卜先知 (wèibǔxiānzhī)
死生未卜

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