術數

Chinese

		method; technique	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (術數)		術	數
simp. (术数)		术	数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seot⁶ sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùshù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: shù-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshuh
    • Palladius: шушу (šušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seot⁶ sou³
    • Yale: seuht sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soet⁹ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêd⁶ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵt̚² sou̯³³/

Noun

術數

1. fortune telling through studying yin and yang, Wu Xing, etc., (in general) fortune telling by astrology, divination, physiognomy, glyphomancy, geomancy, aeromancy, etc.
2. (literary) stratagem; tactic; scheme
3. (literary) method or strategy of governance