枚卜 méi bǔ ㄇㄟˊ ㄅㄨˇ mui4 buk1
- to choose officials by divination (archaic)
- to practice divination without a definite question
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枚
- 枚乘 Méi Chéng ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄥˊ mui4 sing4 Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
- 枚举 枚舉 méi jǔ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ mui4 geoi2 to enumerate
- 猜枚 cāi méi ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˊ caai1 mui2 drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
- 袁枚 Yuán Méi ㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄟˊ jyun4 mui4 Yuan Mei (1716–1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家
- 不胜枚举 不勝枚舉 bù shèng méi jǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ bat1 sing1 mui4 geoi2 too numerous to mention individually or one by one
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- 不可枚举 不可枚舉 bù kě méi jǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ bat1 ho2 mui4 geoi2 innumerable (idiom)
- 钳马衔枚 鉗馬銜枚 qián mǎ xián méi ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˊ kim4 maa5 haam4 mui4 with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom)
- 马工枚速 馬工枚速 Mǎ gōng Méi sù ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ maa5 gung1 mui4 cuk1 Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
卜
- 占卜 zhān bǔ ㄓㄢ ㄅㄨˇ zim1 buk1 to divine
- 萝卜 蘿蔔 luó bo ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ lo4 baak6 radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon
- 卜占 bǔ zhān ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄢ buk1 zim1 to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
- 卜卦 bǔ guà ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚˋ buk1 gwaa3 to divine using the eight trigrams
- 卜问 卜問 bǔ wèn ㄅㄨˇ ㄨㄣˋ buk1 man6 to predict by divining; to consult the oracle
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- 卜宅 bǔ zhái ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄞˊ buk1 zaak6 to choose a capital by divination
- 卜居 bǔ jū ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄩ buk1 geoi1 to choose a home
- 卜征 bǔ zhēng ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄥ buk1 zing1 to ask oracle for war forecast
- 卜甲 bǔ jiǎ ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ buk1 gaap3 oracle tortoise shell
- 卜筮 bǔ shì ㄅㄨˇ ㄕˋ buk1 sai6 divination
- 卜课 卜課 bǔ kè ㄅㄨˇ ㄎㄜˋ buk1 fo3 to divine by tossing coins
- 卜辞 卜辭 bǔ cí ㄅㄨˇ ㄘˊ buk1 ci4 oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
- 卜骨 bǔ gǔ ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨˇ buk1 gwat1 oracle bone
- 威卜 wēi bǔ ㄨㄟ ㄅㄨˇ wai1 baak6 vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
- 未卜 wèi bǔ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˇ mei6 buk1 (literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable
- 卖卜 賣卜 mài bǔ ㄇㄞˋ ㄅㄨˇ maai6 buk1 to do trade as a fortune teller
- 医卜 醫卜 yī bǔ ㄧ ㄅㄨˇ ji1 buk1 medicine and divination
- 预卜 預卜 yù bǔ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˇ jyu6 buk1 to foretell; to predict
- 卜卜米 Bo bo mǐ ˙ㄅㄛ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄇㄧˇ buk1 buk1 mai5 Rice Krispies
- 大萝卜 大蘿蔔 dà luó bo ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ see 白萝卜
Idioms with these characters
- 不可枚举 不可枚舉 bù kě méi jǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ bat1 ho2 mui4 geoi2 innumerable (idiom)
- 马工枚速 馬工枚速 Mǎ gōng Méi sù ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ maa5 gung1 mui4 cuk1 Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
- 钳马衔枚 鉗馬銜枚 qián mǎ xián méi ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˊ kim4 maa5 haam4 mui4 with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom)