八字

Chinese

		eight	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (八字)		八	字
simp. #(八字)		八	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bat² du⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-sṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): poeh-lī / peh-jī / poeh-jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁴ ri⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìh
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: bā-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh
    • Palladius: бацзы (baczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhr
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bā-dzìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzell
    • Palladius: бацзыр (baczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶
    • Yale: baat jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bat² du⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pat̚⁵⁵ tu³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad^ˋ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-lī
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehli
    • IPA (Singapore): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² li²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-jī
    • Tâi-lô: peh-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehji
    • IPA (Singapore): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² d͡zi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boih⁴ ri⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih jī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poiʔ²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/

Noun

八字

1. (literally) the character 八
2. eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling

Derived terms

• 倒八字鬚／倒八字须
• 倒灶八字
• 內八字／内八字 (nèibāzì)
• 內八字腳／内八字脚 (nèibāzìjiǎo)
• 內八字跤／内八字跤
• 八字乳 (bāzìrǔ)
• 八字全帖
• 八字喙
• 八字圓／八字圆
• 八字奶 (bāzìnǎi)
• 八字宮眉／八字宫眉
• 八字帖 (bāzìtiě)
• 八字打開／八字打开
• 八字橋／八字桥 (Bāzìqiáo)
• 八字步 (bāzìbù)
• 八字沒見一撇／八字没见一撇
• 八字眉 (bāzìméi)
• 八字腳／八字脚 (bāzìjiǎo)
• 八字跤
• 八字軍／八字军
• 八字還沒一撇／八字还没一撇 (bāzì hái méi yī piě)
• 八字還沒一撇兒／八字还没一撇儿 (bā zì hái méi yī piěr)
• 八字都沒一撇／八字都没一撇 (bāzì dōu méi yī piě)
• 八字鬍／八字胡 (bāzìhú)
• 八字鬍鬚／八字胡须
• 合八字
• 外八字 (wàibāzì)
• 外八字腳／外八字脚 (wàibāzìjiǎo)
• 外八字跤
• 批八字
• 春山八字
• 生辰八字 (shēngchén bāzì)
• 硩八字