八字
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Chinese
| eight | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (八字) | 八 | 字 | |
| simp. #(八字) | 八 | 字 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baat3 zi6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): bat2 du5
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: badˋ sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: bad5 si4
- Sinological IPA: /pat̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: bad sii˖
- Sinological IPA: /pat⁵⁻² sɨ³³/
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: be2 cï3
- Sinological IPA: /pe²⁴ t͡sʰz̩⁴²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
- (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
- (literally) the character 八
- eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 八字 (“eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 八字 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 生辰八字 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 八字 |
| Xi'an | 八字 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 八字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 八字 |
| Wuhan | 八字 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 時辰八字 |
| Hong Kong | 八字, 時辰八字, 生辰八字 | |
| Taishan | 八字 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 八字 |
| Pingxiang | 八字 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 八字 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 八字 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 八字 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 八字 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 八字 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 八字 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 八字 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 八字, 時辰八字 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 八字 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 八字 |
| Quanzhou | 八字 | |
| Zhangzhou | 八字 | |
| Tainan | 八字, 生時日月 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 生日月 |
| Xianyou | 生日月 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 時辰八字 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 八字 | |
| Suzhou | 八字 | |
| Danyang | 八字 | |
| Hangzhou | 時辰八字 | |
| Wenzhou | 八字 | |
| Jinhua | 八字 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 八字 |
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
References
- 周存 , editor (2023), “八字”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 , →ISBN, page 19.