命理

mìnglǐ
the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods

CEDICT

  1. (Penang Hokkien) destiny
  2. destiny
  3. traditional Chinese destiny analysis

Wiktionary

天命与自然的法则。

重編國語辭典

  1. 命令治狱的官员
  2. 天命，自然的法则
  3. 生死命运
  4. 算命之术

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 命 mìng
  1. life
  2. fate
  3. order or command
  4. to assign a name, title etc
2 理 lǐ
  1. texture
  2. grain (of wood)
  3. inner essence
  4. intrinsic order
  5. reason
  6. logic
  7. truth
  8. science
  9. natural science (esp. physics)
  10. to manage
  11. to pay attention to
  12. to run (affairs)
  13. to handle
  14. to put in order
  15. to tidy up

Containing this entry

八字命理 bāzìmìnglǐ divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
命理学 mìnglǐxué divination; divinatory art