Definition & Meaning

fortune-telling; read somebody's horoscope

Word usage

suàn mìng

算 命

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v.fortune-telling; read somebody's horoscope
- suàn mìng xiān sheng
  算命先生
  male fortune teller
- nà xiā zi zì chēng kě yǐ gěi rén suàn mìng
  那瞎子自称可以给人算命。
  The blind man claimed that he could tell people's fortunes.
- gěi bié rén suàn mìng
  给别人算命
  tell one's fortune
- wǒ bù shi suàn mìng de yě bù huì dú xīn shù
  我不是算命的，也不会读心术。
  I'm not a fortune teller, and I'm not a psychic.

Word usage

Separable word
"算" and "命" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 我算了个命。
  I had a fortune-telling.
- 谁给你算的命?你觉得准吗?
  Who read your fortune? Do you think it's accurate?
- 他给我算过一次命。
  He has read my fortune for one time.

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