# 跋杯
## Chinese

* poa̍h-poe (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): buăk-buŏi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bua$^2$ bue$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍h-poe / pōa-poe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): buah$^8$ buê$^1$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: buăk-buŏi
*** Sinological IPA : /puaʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ pui⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bua$^2$ bue$^1$ [Phonetic: bua$^5$ bue$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pua¹³⁻²¹ puei⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bua$^2$ bue$^1$ [Phonetic: bua$^5$ bhue$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pua¹³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$βuei⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍h-poe
*** Tâi-lô: pua̍h-pue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poaqpoef
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /pua(ʔ)³⁵⁻² pue³³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /pua(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² pue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /pua(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ pue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /pua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ pue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pue³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōa-poe
*** Tâi-lô: puā-pue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poaxpoef
*** IPA (Yilan): /pua³³⁻²¹ pue⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: buah$^8$ buê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pua̍h pue
*** Sinological IPA : /puaʔ⁴⁻² pue³³/

### Verb

跋杯
* (Min, religion) to divine using moon blocks
    From: 2019 May 15, 台灣首艘潛艦「X尾翼」戰力大提升　三寶型路線能躲追蹤 呂惠敏主持 11:13, 驚爆新聞線
    Nǐ yào zhīdào, qiánjiàn shì kànbùjiàn dōngxī de. Wǒ zài shēnhǎi, shuǐ tài shēn shì kànbùjiàn de, suǒyǐ, zhǐnéng kào shēngnà. Shēngnà qíshí shì yīge hěn xuán de dōngxī, tèbié shì zài hǎi lǐmiàn de shíhòu, yīnwèi yǒu biànwēncéng, yǒu wēndù de guānxì, yǒu hǎishuǐ de mìdù de guānxì. Nǐ zhǐyào yánfèn de mìdù bùtóng, hǎishuǐ de wēndù bùtóng, nàge shēngnà zhéshè chūlái de dōngxī jīběnshàng gēn poa̍h poe zhǔnbùliao duōshǎo, bǐ poa̍h poe lüè zhǔn yīdiǎn. [Pinyin]
    You have to understand, submarines are blind. When you enter the deep ocean, you can't see anything when the water is too deep and you must rely on sonar. Sonar is actually a very finicky thing, especially when used in the sea. This is because of the temperature change layer, which is connected to the temperature and oceanic water pressure. If the salt content density changes or if the ocean water temperature changes, the results of the sonar refraction will be essentially be little different from throwing poe, perhaps a tiny bit more useful than throwing poe.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 卜珓, 擲珓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 擲筊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打卦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 摜杯, 拋杯, 問杯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 問杯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打卦, 占卦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 跌珓 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 準珓 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 跌聖珓, 跌珓, 跌珓仔, 憑珓仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 跌聖珓, 跌珓, 跌珓仔, 憑珓仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 跌聖珓, 跌珓, 憑珓 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 跌聖珓, 跌珓, 憑珓跌 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 跌聖珓, 跌珓, 憑筊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 跌珓 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 擲神珓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 跋杯, 跋珓杯, 問杯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 跋杯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 跋杯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 跋杯, 卜杯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 跋杯, 卜杯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 打珓杯, 打卦 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 打卦 |

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “卜杯”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 61.