Chinese word dictionary

掷筊

zhì jiǎo · poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer

Practice word

Word information

Simplified掷筊

Traditional擲筊

Pinyinzhì jiǎo

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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掷zhì

to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast

筊xiáo

bamboo rope

How to learn 掷筊

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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投掷tóuzhì

to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)