十卜

Chinese

		ten	to divine; foretell; turnip
simp. and trad. (十卜)		十	卜
variant forms		十扑實扑／实扑十port

Etymology

Borrowed from English support.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ bok¹, sap⁶ pot¹, sap⁶ pok¹, sap⁶ buk¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ bok¹, sap⁶ pot¹, sap⁶ pok¹, sap⁶ buk¹
  - Yale: sahp bōk, sahp pōt, sahp pōk, sahp būk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ bok⁷, sap⁹ pot⁷, sap⁹ pok⁷, sap⁹ buk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ bog¹, seb⁶ pod¹, seb⁶ pog¹, seb⁶ bug¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² pɔːk̚⁵/, /sɐp̚² pʰɔːt̚⁵/, /sɐp̚² pʰɔːk̚⁵/, /sɐp̚² pʊk̚⁵/

Verb

十卜

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) to support (someone else's words/opinions)

Synonyms

(informal) 撐／撑 (caang3)
(common) 支持 (zi1 ci4)

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