叵測

Chinese

		cannot; thereupon	side; to lean; to survey side; to lean; to survey; to measure; conjecture
trad. (叵測)		叵	測
simp. (叵测)		叵	测

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǒcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po² cak¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): po² cêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǒcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǒcè
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo³-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: pwǒ-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pootseh
    • Palladius: поцэ (pocɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po² cak¹
    • Yale: pó chāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po² tsak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: po² ceg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: po² cêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phó tshek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰek̚²/

Verb

叵測

1. (intransitive, literary, derogatory) to be unpredictable; to be unfathomable

Derived terms

• 人心叵測／人心叵测 (rénxīnpǒcè)
• 居心叵測／居心叵测 (jūxīnpǒcè)
• 心懷叵測／心怀叵测 (xīnhuáipǒcè)