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八成

八成

Chinese

		eight; 8	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (八成)		八	成

Noun

八成

eighty percent

Adverb

八成

(colloquial) most likely

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 九成九

Etymology

Literally "eight one-tenths; "eighty percent".

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bāchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ sing⁴
Min Nan (POJ): peh-siâⁿ / poeh-siâⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bachengr
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (八成兒／八成儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāchéngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄔㄥˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bachenglr
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ sing⁴
  - Yale: baat sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ sing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ sɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-siâⁿ / poeh-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: peh-siânn / pueh-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pehsviaa, poehsviaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/, /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)⁵ ɕiã²⁴/, /pue(ʔ)⁵ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕiã¹³/, /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕiã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/, /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ɕiã²³/, /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ɕiã²³/