捌字

Chinese

		complicated form of the numeral eight; split; (Min) to know	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (捌字)		捌	字
simp. #(捌字)		捌	字
alternative forms		識字／识字 別字／别字 仈字

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): báik-cê
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): beh⁶ zi⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bat-jī / bat-lī / pat-jī / pat-lī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bag⁴ ri⁷

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-cê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: beh⁶ zi⁵ [Phonetic: beh⁴ zi⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛʔ¹⁻⁴² t͡si²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: beh⁶ zi⁵ [Phonetic: beh⁷ zi⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡si²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bat-jī
    • Tâi-lô: bat-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: batji
    • IPA (Penang): /bat̚³⁻⁴ d͡zi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bat̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bat̚³²⁻⁴ zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bat-lī
    • Tâi-lô: bat-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: batli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bat̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bat̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pat-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-lī
    • Tâi-lô: pat-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patli
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bag⁴ ri⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pak jī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/

Verb

捌字 (Min)

1. to learn to read
2. to know how to read

   𣍐捌字／𫧃捌字 [Eastern Min]  ―  mâ̤-báik-cê / [mɛ²⁴²⁻²¹ ^(p-)βɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]   ―  do not know how to read

   • 阿嬤不識字，但是伊識真多的代誌。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阿嬷不识字，但是伊识真多的代志。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1999, 黃乙玲, 無字的情批

     A-má m̄ bat-lī, tān-sī i bat chin chōe ê tāi-chì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Grandma is illiterate, but she knows many things.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 識字 (“to know how to read; to be literate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		識字
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	識字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	識字
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	捌字
Southern Min	Xiamen	捌字
	Quanzhou	捌字
	Zhangzhou	捌字
	Tainan	捌字

Derived terms

• 捌字伯

 

References

• “Entry #6036”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.