bói
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓɔj˧˥/
Central
/ɓɔ̰j˩˧/
Southern
/ɓɔj˧˥/
Listen
to tell fortunes
Verb
to tell fortunes
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
to tell fortunes Culture, Arts & Proper Names
To tell fortunes means to predict future events or hidden things through various methods of divination.
vi Bà ấy có thể bói tương lai qua các quân bài.
en She can tell fortunes through playing cards.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer / 𧴤
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer / 𧴤
OriginInherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𧴤
Candidates by syllable
bói
𧴤
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
bơi / bới / bôi / bội …
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Similar
bơi / bới / bôi / bội …
Use
xem bói / thầy bói / thầy bói xem voi / coi bói …
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Use
xem bói / thầy bói / thầy bói xem voi / coi bói …