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

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• 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

1. (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).