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八
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Definitions
- 1. eight; 8
Example Sentences
1 shown鈴聲在 八 點鐘響起。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 八
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing
\the Eight Great Eminent Officials\ of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng], 陳雲|陈云[chén yún], 李先念[lǐ xiān niàn], 彭真[péng zhēn], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[yáng shàng kūn], 薄一波[bó yī bō], 王震[wáng zhèn], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[sòng rèn qióng]
August
pretty close
octopus
alangium
pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[chuān lǔ yuè sū zhè mǐn xiāng huī]
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
after all
(bird species of China) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)
Ba Fa Quan \Eight Methods\ - Martial Art
Yaohan retail group
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
see 眼觀四面，耳聽八方|眼观四面，耳听八方[yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng]
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
an assortment
Ba Ji Quan \Eight Extremes Fist\ - Martial Art
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
light-years (apart)
(bird species of China) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
the twenty-eight constellations
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
an essay in eight parts
octahedron
Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
octagon
16
eight types of jaundice with yellowing of body and face (TCM)
see 正經八百|正经八百[zhèng jīng bā bǎi]
serious
Chinese anise
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
intoeing
everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gǔ wén yùn dòng], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[liǔ zōng yuán], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū], the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[sān sū], Wang Anshi 王安石[wáng ān shí], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[zēng gǒng]
traditional-style canopy bed
Bamay in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
six pack (abdominal muscles)
quaver
sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
completely mixed up
to talk nonsense
splayed feet
octet (musical ensemble)
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
tortoise
Babu district of Hezhou city 賀州市|贺州市[hè zhōu shì], Guangxi
(fig.) a long time
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
musical box
octoploid
Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)
an octave higher (music)
most likely
all the trades
the eight methods of bonesetting
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[bā kuò jiē]
Barkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
formal recommendation letter in eight columns
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
Babu district of Hezhou city 賀州市|贺州市[hè zhōu shì], Guangxi
to have one's fortune read
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
very serious
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
(bird species of China) hooded pitta (Pitta sordida)
anise
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom)
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
not much to choose between the two
one eighth
the character 8 or 八
38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
eighteen
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality
quarterfinals
pug (breed of dog)
almost
Badaojiang district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility)
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
see 七上八下[qī shàng bā xià]
(TCM) eight kinds of \head wind\ (headache)
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
(bird species of China) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)
in disorder
the eight points of the compass
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[yì jīng]
about a hundred
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
meddling woman
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
shape resembling the character 八 or 8
eight-trigram battle array
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
August
(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
eighty
force 8 wind
(bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
eighty percent
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
palanquin with eight carriers
misshapen
myriad
Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake
bow legs
most likely
(bird species of China) eared pitta (Hydrornis phayrei)
earnest
the eight influential points (acupuncture)
\eight wind points\, name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale)
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
International Women's Day (March 8)
bits and pieces
Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
sworn brotherhood
see 八仙過海，各顯神通|八仙过海，各显神通[bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng]
Liuhe Bafa - \Six Harmonies
(bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
in all directions
see 八風穴|八风穴[bā fēng xué]
Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
\Jiang Zemin's eight-point formula\ (for resuming a dialogue with Taiwan)
bastard (insult)
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[jīn yōng] and its TV and screen adaptations
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[wēi lián · fú kè nà])
eight-jewel elixir (TCM)
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for \eight\",2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46035,30970,splayfoot,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46036,30971,lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[bā] has been written (idiom),2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46037,30971,fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46038,30972,mustache shaped like character 八,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46039,30973,mustache shaped like character 八,2025-02-14 13:18:20,2025-02-14 13:18:20 46040,30974,Ba Jia Jiang
to maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy)
see 七嘴八舌[qī zuǐ bā shé]
15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945)
son of a bitch
Ivy League
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)
eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
in one's seventies (age)
see 王八[wáng bā]
eight grade wage scale (system)
octopus
(bird species of China) common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[bā] (idiom)
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
see 草海[cǎo hǎi]
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
eight-hour working day
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008
the whole neighborhood
\eight principles
see 王八羔子[wáng bā gāo zi]
(bird species of China) rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi)
distant relatives
everything in disorder (idiom)
to play mahjong
confused
the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
the twenty-eight constellations
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
drab, stereotypical Communist Party writing style
(bird species of China) collared myna (Acridotheres albocinctus)
octagon
(sports) top eight
step with feet splayed outwards
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
see 建軍節|建军节[jiàn jūn jié]
of great talent (idiom)
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[fù nu:3 jié], 8th March
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
28-spotted ladybird
Bamei or Bamay township in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
assembled at random
an octave lower (music)
twisting and turning
ugly person
the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河[qín huái hé] in the late Ming or early Qing
eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
\eight pieces of brocade
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
(slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as \8+9\, [bā jiā jiǔ]
38th parallel
to talk rubbish
octavo
8-bit (computing)
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
octave
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳[rú lè · fán ěr nà]
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
octal
Badaojiang district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
at sixes and sevens