bo

fortune telling; prophesy

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DEFINITIONS

卜 bo
  • see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
卜 bǔ
  • surname Bu
  • to divine
  • to forecast or estimate
  • (of a place to live etc) to choose

STROKES

卜 stroke order diagram
卜 stroke order animation

WORDS

辞 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
辭 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
骨 bǔ gǔ oracle bone; bone used for divination, esp. animal scapula
力工作室 jí bǔ lì gōng zuò shì Studio Ghibli, Japanese film studio
賽人 jí bǔ sài rén Gypsy
大萝 dà luó bo see 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5]
wēi bǔ vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
小红萝 xiǎo hóng luó bo summer radish (the small red kind)
小萝头 xiǎo luó bo tou (coll.) little kid
心里美萝 xīn li měi luó bo Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
楞寺 lā bǔ lèng sì Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 xian4], Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
拉辛 yì bǔ lā xīn Ibrahim (name); Arabic and Islamic version of Abraham 亞伯拉罕|亚伯拉罕
wèi bǔ not foreseen; unpredictable; not on the cards
先知 wèi bǔ xiān zhī predictable; sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant
克内西 lǐ bo kè nèi xī Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD
克內西 lǐ bo kè nèi xī Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD
méi bǔ to choose officials by divination (archaic); to practice divination without a definite question
樱桃萝 yīng táo luó bo summer radish (the small red kind)
水萝 shuǐ luó bo summer radish (the small red kind)
空心萝 kōng xīn luó bo useless person
花心大萝 huā xīn dà luó bo (coll.) womanizer; skirt-chaser
白菜,各有所爱 luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom); to each his own
糕 luó bo gāo fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
青菜,各有所爱 luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài see 蘿蔔白菜,各有所愛|萝卜白菜,各有所爱[luo2 bo5 bai2 cai4 , ge4 you3 suo3 ai4]
mài bǔ to do trade as a fortune teller