問杯

Chinese

		to ask	moon blocks
trad. (問杯)		問	杯
simp. (问杯)		问	杯

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ bui¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): muóng-buŏi

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ bui¹
    • Yale: mahn būi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ bui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ bui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² puːi̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muóng-buŏi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muoŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mui⁵⁵/

Verb

問杯

1. (Cantonese, Easthern Min, religion) to divine using moon blocks

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 卜珓 (“to divine using moon blocks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		卜珓, 擲珓
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	擲筊
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	打卦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	摜杯, 拋杯, 問杯
	Hong Kong	問杯
Gan	Pingxiang	打卦, 占卦
Hakka	Meixian	跌珓
	Yudu	準珓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跌聖珓, 跌珓, 跌珓仔, 憑珓仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跌聖珓, 跌珓, 跌珓仔, 憑珓仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跌聖珓, 跌珓, 憑珓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	跌聖珓, 跌珓, 憑珓跌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跌聖珓, 跌珓, 憑筊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	跌珓
Northern Min	Jian'ou	擲神珓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跋杯, 跋珓杯, 問杯
Southern Min	Xiamen	跋杯
	Quanzhou	跋杯
	Zhangzhou	跋杯
	Taipei	跋杯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	跋杯
	Kaohsiung	跋杯
	Yilan	跋杯
	Changhua (Lukang)	跋杯
	Taichung	跋杯
	Tainan	跋杯
	Hsinchu	跋杯
	Kinmen	跋杯
	Penghu (Magong)	跋杯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跋杯
	Manila (Hokkien)	跋杯
	Haikou	跋杯
Puxian Min	Putian	跋杯, 卜杯
	Xianyou	跋杯, 卜杯
Wu	Wenzhou	打珓杯, 打卦
Xiang	Loudi	打卦