抽籤
simp抽签cau1 cim1chōu qiān
English
- to perform divination with sticks
- to draw lots
- a ballot (in share dealing)
- to draw lots to divine ----
- to draw lots to aid decision making when confronted with a difficult problem (e.g. in determining how to assign roles/responsibilities among a group)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喺寺廟中抽取刻有記號嘅竹籤,對應籤文,以占卜吉凶;求籤
- 難以解決或分配嘅時候,喺物件上做暗號,再從中抽取嚟決定
Examples
佢哋抽籤決定邊個走先。
They drew lots to decide who would go first.
我哋抽簽決定邊個打龍門。
Let us draw lots to determine who will be the goalkeeper.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk