"oracle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
神谕 神諭 shén yù oracle
Chinese Pinyin Translation
甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
甲骨 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC) / oracle bones
卜辞 卜辭 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones syn
甲骨文字 jiǎ gǔ wén zì oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
卜问 卜問 bǔ wèn to predict by divining / to consult the oracle
卜征 bǔ zhēng to ask oracle for war forecast
卜甲 bǔ jiǎ oracle tortoise shell
卜骨 bǔ gǔ oracle bone
不卜可知 bù bǔ kě zhī (idiom) There is no need to consult an oracle to know the outcome in advance. It describes something that can be predicted without divination.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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