卜bǔ
Ⅰ ? (占卜) divination;fortune-telling: ~ 卦先生 fortune-teller;
求簽問 ~ draw lots and consult oracle
? (姓氏) a surname: ~ 福 Bu Fu Ⅱ ? ? (占卜) divine: ~ 卦 divine by the Eight Diagrams
? [書] (預(yù)料) predict;foretell: 吉兇未 ~ cannot predict the good or bad outcome;No one knows how it will turn out. 未 ~ 先知 know without consulting oracle
? [書] (選擇) choose;select: ~ 宅 choose house;~ 鄰 choose neighborhood;
行期未 ~。 The date of departure remains undecided.
另見 see also bo。
◆卜辭 oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (C. 16th-11th century B.C.) on tortoiseshells or animal bones;
卜居 [書] choose a place for one's home;
卜晝卜夜 (工作) day and night without cease [stop];indulge in debauchery day and night