八 (baat3 | ba1) : eight

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八

baat3

ba1

eight

捌 is a variant of 八, the "full form" of 八, used in certain formal settings such as when dealing

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Radical: 八 (#12)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

八

Don't confuse with:
人入儿

This word has been viewed 23630 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43

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八月 baat3 jyut6 ba1 yue4 = August

八十 baat3 sap6 ba1 shi2 = eighty

七七八八 cat1 cat1 baat3 baat3 = more-or-less complete 粵

十之八九 sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2 shi2 zhi1 ba1 jiu3 = mostly

八爪魚 baat3 zaau2 jyu4 ba1 zhao3 yu2 = octopus

三八 saam1 baat3 san1 ba1 = bitch; a town in Taishan 國

五花八門 ng5 faa1 baat3 mun4 wu3 hua1 ba1 men2 = myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of

八千 baat3 cin1 ba1 qian1 = eight thousand; 8000

八天 baat3 tin1 ba1 tian1 = eight-day; eight days 國

八年 baat3 nin4 ba1 nian2 = eight years

八方 baat3 fong1 ba1 fang1 = the eight points of the compass; all directions

九唔搭八 gau2 m4 daap3 baat3 = completely nonsensical 粵

第八十 dai6 baat3 sap6 di4 ba1 shi2 = eightieth

八個字 baat3 go3 zi6 = forty minutes

八婆 baat3 po4 = nosy old woman 粵

七手八腳 cat1 sau2 baat3 goek3 qi1 shou3 ba1 jiao3 = too many people doing something

八角 baat3 gok3 ba1 jiao3 = aniseed, star anise

亂七八糟 lyun6 cat1 baat3 zou1 luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 = totally disordered, in a mess; at sixes and sevens

半斤八両 bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2 = six of one and half of a dozen of the other

四面八方 sei3 min6 baat3 fong1 si4 mian4 ba1 fang1 = in all directions

胡說八道 wu4 syut3 baat3 dou6 hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4 = talk nonsense 國

八哥 baat3 go1 ba1 ge1 = myna bird 國

八成 baat3 sing4 ba1 cheng2 = most probably; most likely

八卦 baat3 gwaa3 ba1 gua4 = the eight trigrams; gossip

七嘴八舌 cat1 zeoi2 baat3 sit6 qi1 zui3 ba1 she2 = (idiom) all talking at once; a lively conversation; a clash of opinions

八寶 baat3 bou2 ba1 bao3 = eight treasures

八九 baat3 gau2 = 89, representative of the Democracy Movement of 1989 in China

八角茴香 baat3 gok3 wui4 hoeng1 = star anis(eed)

八仙 baat3 sin1 = eight gods

八字 baat3 zi6 = the eight characters for the birth time used in fortune telling

七零八落 cat1 ling4 baat3 lok6 qi1 ling2 ba1 luo4 = scattered here and there; in disorder

七老八十 cat1 lou5 baat3 sap6 = in one's seventies

八分書 baat3 fan1 syu1 = Han dynasty script

八乘十 baat3 sing4 sap6 = 8"x10"

八五折 baat3 ng5 zit3 = 15% discount

八折 baat3 zit3 = 20% discount

八月節 baat3 jyut6 zit3 = the Mid-Autumn Festival

留八字鬚 lau4 baat3 zi6 sou1 = to grow a beard or to have a moustache

醜八怪 cau2 baat3 gwaai3 chou3 ba1 guai4 = a very ugly person

八哥兒 baat3 go1 ji4 ba1 ge1 er2 = myna 國

八九不離十 baat3 gau2 bat1 lei4 sap6 ba1 jiu3 bu4 li2 shi2 = pretty close; very near; about right

八倍體 baat3 pui5 tai2 ba1 bei4 ti3 = octoploid

八小時工作制 baat3 siu2 si4 gung1 zok3 zai3 ba1 xiao3 shi2 gong1 zuo4 zhi4 = eight hour working day

八帶魚 baat3 daai3 jyu4*2 ba1 dai4 yu2 = octopus

八級風 baat3 kap1 fung1 ba1 ji2 feng1 = force 8 wind; fresh gale

八股 baat3 gu2 ba1 gu3 = eight-part essay; stereotyped writing

八角形 baat3 gok3 jing4 ba1 jiao3 xing2 = octagon

八角的 baat3 gok3 dik1 ba1 jiao3 de5 = octagonal 國

八開 baat3 hoi1 ba1 kai1 = octavo

八面玲瓏 baat3 min6 ling4 lung4 ba1 mian4 ling2 long2 = be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

八邊形 baat3 bin1 jing4 ba1 bian1 xing2 = [geom.] octagon

八開本 baat3 hoi1 bun2 ba1 kai1 ben3 = [n] octavo

十八格習字紙 sap6 baat3 gaak3 zaap6 zi6 zi2 = the paper used in Chinese copybooks for characters approximately 1cm x 1cm

八卦週刊 baat3 gwaa3 zau1 hon1 ba1 gua4 zhou1 kan1 = a muckraking weekly

八卦雜誌 baat3 gwaa3 zaap6 zi3 ba1 gua4 za2 zhi4 = a gossip magazine

孖八 maa1 baat3 = double eights 粵

八達通增值機 baat3 daat6 tung1 zang1 zik6 gei1 = Octopus stored-value facilities

農曆八月十五 nung4 lik6 baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5 = the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar (Mid-Autumn Festival)

八月十五 baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5 ba1 yue4 shi2 wu3 = Mid-Autumn Festival; [粵] buttocks

十有八九 sap6 jau5 baat3 gau2 shi2 you3 ba1 jiu3 = have nine chances out of ten

三八線 saam1 baat3 sin3 san1 ba1 xian4 = 38th Parallel (division line between N and S Korea)

八寶霸王鴨 baat3 bou2 baa3 wong4 aap3*2 = eight treasures duck

八卦公 baat3 gwaa3 gung1 ba1 gua4 gong1 = man who gossips

八卦妹 baat3 gwaa3 mui6*1 ba1 gua4 mei4 = a woman who gossips

八卦婆 baat3 gwaa3 po4*2 ba1 gua4 po2 = a (old) woman who gossips; a bitch

八音 baat3 jam1 = an ancient Chinese system of classifying musical instruments into eight materials

八妹 baat3 mui6*1 = a gossip (female, short for 八卦妹)

八珍 baat3 zan1 = gossipy (lit., "eight treasures")

臭八 cau3 baat3 = a nasty person (lit., "smelly bastard")

臭八公 cau3 baat3 gung1 = a nasty gossip (of a male, lit., "smelly bastard") 粵

出盡八寶 ceot1 zeon6 baat3 bou2 = to use all possible means (also 出盡百寶)

八香果 baat3 hoeng1 gwo2 = purple granadilla (Passiflora edulis)

各種八角 gok3 zung2 baat3 gok3 = Illicium species (star-anises)

海南八哥 hoi2 naam4 baat3 go1 = greater hill mynah

三尖八角 saam1 zim1 baat3 gok3 = (derog) of irregular shape (lit., "3 points and 8 corners")

八字鬍子 baat3 zi6 wu4 zi2 = a split mustache with two strips of hair above the upper lip (shaped like the 八 character)

諸事八卦 zyu1 si6 baat3 gwaa3 zhu1 shi4 ba1 gua4 = nosey; busybody

三八婦女節 saam1 baat3 fu5 neoi5 zit3 san1 ba1 fu4 nv3 jie2 = international working women's day

八行書 baat3 hong4 syu1 ba1 xing2 shu1 = formal recommendation letter in eight columns

七上八下 cat1 soeng5 baat3 haa6 qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4 = unsettled state of mind; agitated, perturbed; at sixes and sevens

夾七夾八 gaap3 cat1 gaap3 baat3 jia1 qi1 jia1 ba1 = incoherent; confused; cluttered (with irrelevant remarks)

八音度 baat3 jam1 dou6 = an octave (in music)

八絃琴 baat3 jin4 kam4 ba1 xian2 qin2 = octochord (musical instrument)

三八節 saam1 baat3 zit3 san1 ba1 jie2 = Women's Day

古老十八代 gu2 lou5 sap6 baat3 doi6 = very old-fashioned 粵

四通八達 sei3 tung1 baat3 daat6 si4 tong1 ba1 da2 = extend in all directions

八卦佬 baat3 gwaa3 lou2 = a gossip (male) 粵

八儿 baat3 jan4 ba1 ren2 = Kangxi radical 43 (lame) (尣)

八一 baat3 jat1 ba1 yi1 = Eight One

八卦新聞 baat3 gwaa3 san1 man4 ba1 gua4 xin1 wen2 = gossip news

八仙果 baat3 sin1 gwo2 ba1 xian1 guo3 = Ba Xian Guo

八方風雨 baat3 fong1 fung1 jyu5 ba1 fang1 feng1 yu3 = sudden unpeaceful change in the situation; unrest

七扶八插 cat1 fu4 baat3 caap3 qi1 fu2 ba1 cha1 = a bunch of people get together to help someone; a concerted effort to assit sb. 粵

七支八離 cat1 zi1 baat3 lei4 qi1 zhi1 ba1 li2 = 1. disorderly; in disarray; a mess 2. totally pooped; fatigue; tired out; exhausted; drained 粵

八兩金 baat3 loeng5 gam1 = Bobby Yip (葉競生)

九不答八 gau2 bat1 daap3 baat3 jiu3 bu4 da2 ba1 = give answers not related to the question

祖宗十八代 zou2 zung1 sap6 baat3 doi6 zu3 zong1 shi2 ba1 dai4 = ancestors to the 18th generation

大腳八 daai6 goek3 baat3 da4 jiao3 ba1 = 1. bigfoot, sasquatch 2. a person with big feet

八十歲返頭嫁 baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3 ba1 shi2 sui4 fan3 tou2 jia4 = to bring trouble oneself 粵

八達通 baat3 daat6 tung1 = octopus card

二二八 ji6 ji6 baat3 er4 er4 ba1 = 2-28-1947, Taiwan's Holocaust

二五八眼 ji6 ng5 baat3 ngaan5 er4 wu3 ba1 yan3 = (mahjong) special eyes [alternate]

十八羅漢 sap6 baat3 lo4 hon3 shi2 ba1 luo2 han4 = the 18 Arhats; (mahjong) four kong/quadruplet hand

三歲定八十 saam1 seoi3 ding6 baat3 sap6 san1 sui4 ding4 ba1 shi2 = the character of a person at age three is already formed and will never change

八國聯軍 baat3 gwok3 lyun4 gwan1 ba1 guo2 lian2 jun1 = the Eight Power Allied Force

八旗 baat3 kei4 ba1 qi2 = the "Eight Banners" (military organization in Qing Dynasty)

八級工 baat3 kap1 gung1 ba1 ji2 gong1 = eight grade worker; top-grade worker

八級工資制 baat3 kap1 gung1 zi1 zai3 ba1 ji2 gong1 zi1 zhi4 = eight grade wage scale (system)

八角楓 baat3 gok3 fung1 ba1 jiao3 feng1 = alangium

八路軍 baat3 lou6 gwan1 ba1 lu4 jun1 = the Eighth Route Army

江八點 gong1 baat3 dim2 jiang1 ba1 dian3 = "Jiang Zemin's eight-point formula" (for resuming a dialog with Taiwan)

八廓 baat3 kwok3 ba1 kuo4 = Barkhor (pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet)

八德 baat3 dak1 ba1 de2 = Pate

八里鄉 baat3 lei5 hoeng1 ba1 li3 xiang1 = Pali (village in Taiwan)

十八歲卜卜脆 sap6 baat3 seoi3 bok1 bok1 ceoi3 = refers to sexually mature girls (lit., "18 years old and crispy") 粵

十八廿二 sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6*2 = women in the bloom of youth (lit., "eighteen and twenty-two") 粵

八宿 baat3 sau3 ba1 su4 = Basu (place in Tibet)

八國集團 baat3 gwok3 zaap6 tyun4 = G8 (Group of Eight)

八寶山公墓 baat3 bou2 saan1 gung1 mou6 = the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery

八國領袖 baat3 gwok3 ling5 zau6 = the Group of Eight leaders

三八小姐 saam1 baat3 siu2 ze2 san1 ba1 xiao3 jie3 = a feminist who is hostile towards men (lit., "Miss Bitch")

八度音 baat3 dok6 jam1 ba1 du4 yin1 = octave

風水佬呃你十年八年 fung1 seoi2 lou2 aak1 nei5 sap6 nin4 baat3 nin4 = Time will tell 粵

八段錦 baat3 dyun6 gam2 ba1 duan4 jin3 = baduanjin, form of qigong

永字八法 wing5 zi6 baat3 faat3 yong3 zi4 ba1 fa3 = the eight principles of Yong

乾八爹 gon1 baat3 de1 gan1 ba1 die1 = ganbatte (がんばって), good luck

八斬刀 baat3 zaam2 dou1 ba1 zhan3 dao1 = Baat Jaam Do, Eight Chopping Knives

八卦掌 baat3 gwaa3 zoeng2 ba1 gua4 zhang3 = Baguazhang

天龍八部 tin1 lung4 baat3 bou6 tian1 long2 ba1 bu4 = Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

八戒 baat3 gaai3 ba1 jie4 = the eight precepts (Buddhism)

未見官先打八十 mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 baat3 sap6 wei4 jian4 guan1 xian1 da3 ba1 shi2 = pay heavy price to pursue an objective

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我今年八歲。
I'm eight this year.

一日飲八杯水。粵
Drink eight cups of water each day.

四十除八等於五
Forty divided by eight equals five.
[Lit. forty divide eight equals five. This is okay both for written and spoken Cantonese.]

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

佢今日寫嗰啲嘢，乜嘢都九唔搭八粵
Nothing he wrote today made sense.
[Lit. He today write those things, what also nonsensical]

你講嗰啲嘢全部都九唔踏八。粵
Nothing you said made any sense.

要唔要儲八達通積分? 粵
Do you want to accumulate Octopus card points? (said by cashiers to customers when making a sales transaction)
[儲 should be pronounced cou5 here]

出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。粵
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels.
[From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).]

我撴嚫個八月十五。粵
I fell on my bottom.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,127822,127824#msg-127824]

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

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