八點檔

Chinese

		eight o'clock	cross-piece; official records; grade (of goods) cross-piece; official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves
trad. (八點檔)		八點	檔
simp. (八点档)		八点	档

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bādiǎndàng, bādiǎndǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄤˋ, ㄅㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bādiǎndàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: badiǎndàng
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tien³-tang⁴
    • Yale: bā-dyǎn-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: badeandanq
    • Palladius: бадяньдан (badjanʹdan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bādiǎndǎng [Phonetic: bādiándǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: badiǎndǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tien³-tang³
    • Yale: bā-dyǎn-dǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: badeandaang
    • Palladius: бадяньдан (badjanʹdan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

八點檔

1. (Taiwan, television) 8 o'clock time slot
2. (Taiwan, colloquial) soap opera; drama (alluding to TV shows broadcasting at around 8:00pm prime time)