卦 [－]

Jyutping gwaa3
Pinyin guà

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. divinatory diagram
  2. one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
  3. one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. divinatory diagram/one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]/one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]/fortune telling/to tell fortunes
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    中國​傳統​占卦​用​嘅​符​號​，​總​共有​六十四​卦
    symbol in Chinese divination; hexagrams of the I Ching
    • 等我幫你占支卦啦！
      等我帮你占支卦啦！
      Let me tell your fortune by using the hexagrams of the I Ching.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, obsolete
    to divine
  2. character, obsolete
    to change
  3. character
    divinatory trigram or hexagram of the I Ching
    • 卦辭
      卦辞
      guà cí
      hexagram statement in the I Ching
    • 卦限
      卦限
      guà xiàn
      octant (eight divisions of a Euclidean three-dimensional coordinate system)
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. fortune telling
  2. tell fortunes
  3. Cangjie Input
    GGY
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #297
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    八卦阵
    八卦陣
    baat3 gwaa3 zan6
    • Bagua ritual
  2. Cantonese
    佢竖起耳仔听电台八卦 节目。
    佢豎起耳仔聽電台八卦 節目。
    keoi5 syu6 hei2 ji5 zai2 teng1 din6 toi4 baat3 gwaa3 zit3 muk6.
    • He listens to the radio gossip program intently.
  3. Cantonese
    我阵间同你卜一卦。
    我陣間同你卜一卦。
    ngo5 zan6 gaan1 tung4 nei5 buk1 jat1 gwaa3.
    • I'll divine for you using the trigrams in a while.
  4. Cantonese
    人哋有冇结婚又唔关你事，咪咁八卦喇。
    人哋有冇結婚又唔關你事，咪咁八卦喇。
    jan4 dei6 jau5 mou5 git3 fan1 jau6 m4 gwaan1 nei5 si6, mai5 gam3 baat3 gwaa3 laa1.
    • Whether he's married or not has nothing to do with you. Don't be so nosy.
  5. Cantonese
    佢哋分手咁突然，等我八卦下发生咗咩事先。
    佢哋分手咁突然，等我八卦下發生咗咩事先。
    keoi5 dei6 fan1 sau2 gam3 dat6 jin4, dang2 ngo5 baat3 gwaa3 haa5 faat3 sang1 zo2 me1 si6 sin1.
    • Their breakup was out of the blue, let me find out what happened.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    卦辞
    卦辭
    guà cí
    • hexagram statement in the I Ching
  2. Mandarin
    卦限
    卦限
    guà xiàn
    • octant (eight divisions of a Euclidean three-dimensional coordinate system)
  3. Mandarin
    八卦杂志
    八卦雜誌
    bā guà zá zhì
    • gossip magazine; tabloid magazine
  4. Mandarin
    其次，奥巴马“变卦”是因为担心虐囚照片公布后会进一步激化美国国内两党矛盾，从而使他推行“新政”受到干扰。
    其次，奧巴馬“變卦”是因為擔心虐囚照片公佈後會進一步激化美國國內兩黨矛盾，從而使他推行“新政”受到干擾。
    qí cì ， ào bā mǎ “ biàn guà ” shì yīn wèi dān xīn nüè qiú zhào piàn gōng bù hòu huì jìn yī bù jī huà měi guó guó nèi liǎng dǎng máo dùn ， ｃóｎｇéｒ shǐ tā tuī xíng “ xīn zhèng ” shòu dào gān rǎo ．
    • Secondly, the reason Obama went back on his word was the fear that publishing photographs of prisoner abuse in the United States would intensify contradictions between the two US parties, thus forcing him to modify the implementation of the "New Deal".
  5. Mandarin
    临时变卦
    臨時變卦
    lín shí biàn guà
    • to change one’s mind at the last moment