未卜

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1-3 pm	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)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèibǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybuu
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ buk¹
  - Yale: meih būk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ buk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ bug¹
  - 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
死生未卜

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