Home Home CantoDict Project. Cantonese - Mandarin - English Chinese Dictionary
Characters | Words | Sentences | Chinese Translation | Chinese Tests | Forums | Search
KangXi Radical List | Customise CantoDict | Dictionary Statistics

Remove Adverts
What is this page showing me?

  baat3   jyutping
  ba1   pinyin
eight


is a variant of , the "full form" of , used in certain formal settings such as when dealing
nounadjective
Stroke count: 2
Level: 1
Radical: (#12)

Don't confuse with:
This character was last edited on 29th Apr 2008

Sponsors: Wardrobes and Coffee Tables | One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games
Mandarin | Spanish Language | Satellite TV offers | Learn Chinese

detail  baat3 jyut6  ba1 yue4 = August
detail  baat3 sap6  ba1 shi2 = eighty
detail  cat1 cat1 baat3 baat3   = more-or-less complete
detail  sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2  shi2 zhi1 ba1 jiu3 = mostly
detail  saam1 baat3   = bitch (from March 8th being Women's Independence Day)
detail  ng5 faa1 baat3 mun4  wu3 hua1 ba1 men2 = myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
detail  baat3 cin1  ba1 qian1 = eight thousand; 8000
detail  baat3 tin1  ba1 tian1 = eight-day; eight days
detail  baat3 nin4  ba1 nian2 = eight years
detail  baat3 fong1  ba1 fang1 = the eight points of the compass; all directions
See all 109 compounds


Showing all 6 examples containing 八
detail 今年 edit
I'm eight this year.
detail 八月一年中第八月份 edit
August is the eighth month of the year.
detail 嗰啲全部九唔踏八 edit
Nothing you said made any sense.
detail 唔要八達通積分? edit
Do you want to accumulate Octopus card points? (said by cashiers to customers when making a sales transaction)
[儲 should be pronounced cou5 here]
detail 想話攞返 edit
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).]
detail 結賬嗰陣時租金保險燈油火臘賺得幾多 edit
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

Legend
: Written Chinese only
: Spoken Cantonese only
This page shows, from top to bottom:
Script executed in 0.244881 secs
Rows returned from database=39
Donate to CantoDict
CantoDict v1.3.12 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2008.