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卖卜测字
mài​bǔ​cè​zì

to tell fortunes

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 卖卜 賣卜 mài​bǔ
    to be a fortune teller
    To practice divination for a living; to make a trade of fortune-telling.
  2. 测字 測字 cè​zì
    to tell fortunes by analyzing characters
    To divine the future by breaking down or combining the strokes and components of Chinese characters; also called 拆字 chāi​zì or 相字 xiàng​zì.