不測

See also: 不测

Chinese

		not; no	side; to lean; to survey side; to lean; to survey; to measure; conjecture
trad. (不測)		不	測
simp. (不测)		不	测

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ cak¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): bók-cháik
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-chhiak / put-chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùcè [Phonetic: búcè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcè
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: bù-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butseh
    • Palladius: буцэ (bucɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ cak¹
    • Yale: bāt chāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tsak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ceg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bók-cháik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰaiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: put-tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putchiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: put-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut tsrhik

Rime
Character	不	不	不	測
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	初力切
Baxter	pjuw	pjuwX	pjut	tsrhik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨuX/	/pɨut̚/	/t͡ʃʰɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piuX/	/piut̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəuX/	/piuət̚/	/t͡ʃʰiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puwX/	/put̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰik̚/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piuX/	/piuət̚/	/t͡ʃʰiək̚/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəuX/	/pĭuət̚/	/t͡ʃʰĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯uX/	/pi̯uət̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	che
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau1	fau2	fat1	cik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pə  [tsʰ]rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'  sʰrɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	不	不	測
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bù	bù	cè
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuw ›	‹ pjuw ›	‹ tsrhik ›
Old Chinese	/*pə/	/*pə/	/*[tsʰ]rək/
English	not	不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn)	fathom (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	不	不	不	測
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
No.	1025	1029	1048	16602
Phonetic component	不	不	不	則
Rime group	之	之	物	職
Rime subdivision	0	0	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	不	缶	弗	測
Old Chinese	/*pɯ/	/*pɯʔ/	/*pɯ'/	/*sʰrɯɡ/
Notes		象花柎與本同源	中古才促化

Adjective

不測

1. (attributive) unexpected; unpredictable

Noun

不測

1. something unexpected; sth unpredictable
2. accident; incident; mishap

   • 去京口，挾匕首以備不測，幾自剄死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     去京口，挟匕首以备不测，几自刭死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1276, Wen Tianxiang (文天祥),《〈指南錄〉後序》

     Qù Jīngkǒu, xié bǐshǒu yǐ bèi bùcè, jī zìjǐng sǐ. [Pinyin]

     On the way out of Jingkou, I had my dagger with me against any contingency, and I nearly committed suicide.

Synonyms

• 不幸事件 (bùxìng shìjiàn)
• 事故 (shìgù)
• 失閃／失闪 (shīshǎn)
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 岔子 (chàzi)
• 差池
• 差錯／差错 (chācuò)
• 意外 (yìwài)
• 故事 (archic)
• 緣故／缘故 (yuángù) (archaic)
• 變故／变故 (biàngù)
• 長短／长短 (chángduǎn)
• 閃失／闪失 (shǎnshī)

 

Derived terms

• 不測之淵／不测之渊
• 不測之禍／不测之祸
• 不測風雲／不测风云
• 事出不測／事出不测
• 天有不測風雲／天有不测风云 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún)
• 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福／天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 (tiān yǒu bùcè fēngyún, rén yǒu dànxī huòfú)
• 神鬼不測／神鬼不测
• 禍出不測／祸出不测
• 禍生不測／祸生不测
• 變化不測／变化不测
• 變幻不測／变幻不测
• 險遭不測／险遭不测
• 風雲不測／风云不测
• 鬼神不測／鬼神不测

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不測):

• → Japanese: 不(ふ)測(そく) (fusoku)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	測
ふ Grade: 4	そく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

不(ふ)測(そく) • (fusoku) 

1. something unforeseen, unexpected

   不(ふ)測(そく)の事(じ)態(たい)

   fusoku no jitai

   an unexpected contingency

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.