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八字

八字

Chinese

		eight; 8	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (八字)		八	字

Noun

八字

Used other than as an idiom: see 八,‎ 字; the character 八.
eight birthdate characters used in fortune-telling

Derived terms

倒八字鬚／倒八字须
倒灶八字
內八字腳／内八字脚
八字全帖
八字宮眉／八字宫眉
八字帖
八字打開／八字打开
八字沒見一撇／八字没见一撇
八字眉
八字腳／八字脚 (bāzìjiǎo)
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 (bāzì hái méi yī piěr)
八字都沒一撇／八字都没一撇
八字鬍／八字胡 (bāzìhú)
八字鬍鬚／八字胡须
合八字
外八字腳／外八字脚
批八字
春山八字
生辰八字

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bāzì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): poeh-lī / peh-jī / poeh-lǐ / poeh-jī / peh-gī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāzìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄗˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzell
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ t͡sz̩əɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶
  - Yale: baat jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ t͡siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-lī
  - Tâi-lô: pueh-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poehli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-jī
  - Tâi-lô: peh-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pehji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ d͡ʑi³³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-lǐ
  - Tâi-lô: pueh-lǐ
- (Hokkien: Sanxia, Hsinchu, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-jī
  - Tâi-lô: pueh-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poehji
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-gī
  - Tâi-lô: peh-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pehgi