粵

占zim1卜buk1

zim1 buk1zhān bǔ

English

  1. to divine
  2. to practise divination; to divine

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用科學以外但通常不涉鬼神嘅技法去預測或者計劃未來

Examples

  • 從前有個占卜師告訴哥倫布他將來會成名。哥倫布聽到了,就生氣地要求退錢:「這麼簡單的事實,就連三歲小孩也懂!」

    A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 塔羅牌占卜

    tarot reading

  • 占卜問前程

    to divine the future

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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