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eight Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 2
Level: 1
Radical: 八 (#12)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 人入儿 |
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This word has been viewed 23574 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 = August
八十
baat3 sap6 = eighty
七七八八
cat1 cat1 baat3 baat3 = more-or-less complete 粵
十之八九
sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2 = mostly
八爪魚
baat3 zaau2 jyu4 = octopus
三八
saam1 baat3 = bitch; a town in Taishan 國
五花八門
ng5 faa1 baat3 mun4 = myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
八千
baat3 cin1 = eight thousand; 8000
八天
baat3 tin1 = eight-day; eight days 國
八年
baat3 nin4 = eight yearsSee all 131 compounds (CantoDict reports 165 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 八
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.]
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]
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] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/14/]八[/url][/big]
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<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/14/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">八</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 八
Unicode code for this character: U+516b (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 八
Unicode code for this character: U+516b (off-site link)
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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