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

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

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

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