勾8

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook
simp. and trad. (勾8)		勾	8
alternative forms		√8 勾八

Etymology

A euphemistic form of 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (jība) that is composed of 鉤 / 钩 (gōu, “hook”) + 8 / 八 (bā).

• 鉤 / 钩 (gōu) is referring to the shape of the Latin letter j, which can be analyzed as either the initialism of the element 雞 / 鸡 (jī) or a homophonic rendering of 雞 / 鸡 (jī) (letter j is pronounced jī in pinyin).
• 8 / 八 (bā) is a leetspeak-ized 巴.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōubā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄅㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōubā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gouba
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-pa¹
    • Yale: gōu-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouba
    • Palladius: гоуба (gouba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōurbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄦ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gourba
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-ʼrh-pa¹
    • Yale: gōur-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goulba
    • Palladius: гоурба (gourba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/

Noun

勾8

1. (slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (jība, “fuck all”).

Adverb

勾8

1. (slang, euphemistic) Alternative form of 雞巴 / 鸡巴 (jība, “fucking”).