八 bā
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bā
number
eight
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Unihan '八') -
bā
noun
Kangxi radical 12
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Eight (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
bā
ordinal
eighth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
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bā
adjective
all around; all sides
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '八')
Contained in
- 八哥儿(八哥兒) eigth brother
- 八角 octagonal ; anise; star anise; aniseed
- 八千 eight thousand
- 八方受敌(八方受敵) surrounded by enemies on all sides
- 腊八粥(臘八粥) Laba congee
- 八强赛(八強賽) quarterfinals
- 胡扯八溜 to talk nonsense
- 七拼八凑(七拼八湊) assembled at random; a motley collection
- 八字步 step with feet splayed outwards
- 生辰八字 astrological birth data
- 低八度 an octave lower
- 七嘴八张(七嘴八張) all talking at once
- 常青藤八校 Ivy League
- 八仙过海(八仙過海) the eight immortals cross the sea; each to do what they do best
- 八八六 Bye bye!
- 蓝八色鸫(藍八色鶇) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
- 蓝枕八色鸫(藍枕八色鶇) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
- 一九一八年 1918
- 林八哥 great myna (Acridotheres grandis)
- 八会穴(八會穴) the eight influential points (acupuncture)
- 八角床 traditional-style canopy bed
- 才高八斗 of great talent
- 八极拳(八極拳) Ba Ji Quan; Eight Extremes Fist
- 一九八二年 1982
- 八路军(八路軍) Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War
- 八字还没一撇儿(八字還沒一撇兒) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
- 八卦 the eight divinatory trigrams ; gossip ; idle chat
- 八世纪(八世紀) 8th century
- 八疸 eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
- 七手八脚(七手八腳) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
- 亡八 cuckold
- 乌七八糟(烏七八糟) everything in disorder; in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy
- 八仙桌 old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
- 八风(八風) eight winds ; sentiments of the people
- 三十八 38
- 八十二 82
- 八度 octave
- 女大十八变(女大十八變) a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood
Also contained in
八股文 、 八美乡 、 九一八事变 、 八美 、 八国联军 、 八旗制度 、 八都马 、 八宿 、 八廓街 、 八岐大蛇 、 八篇书 、 八王之乱 、 黄帝八十一难经
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- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 213
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 197
- 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 171
- 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 157
- 卷四十八 志第三十八 百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 116
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 115
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 103
- 卷五十八 虞傅蓋臧列傳 Volume 58: Biographies of Yu, Fu, Gai, Zang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 89
- 第二十二 郡國四 青州 荊州 揚州 Volume 112: Commanderies and States Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 88
- 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 87
Collocations
- 八年 (八年) 八年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 119
- 八句 (八句) 章八句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 51
- 八人 (八人) 莊公之子猶有八人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 48
- 章八 (章八) 章八句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 44
- 八章 (八章) 八章 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 25
- 八曰 (八曰) 次八曰念用庶徵 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 13
- 八筭 (八筭) 坐實八筭于中 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 13
- 下士八 (下士八) 下士八人 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 10
- 实八 (實八) 坐實八筭于中 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 8
- 传八 (傳八) 傳八年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7