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
- 八强(八強) top eight; quarterfinals
- 永字八法 eight calligraphic techniques used to write the yong character
- 王八羔子 son of a bitch; bastard
- 八十三 83
- 八强赛(八強賽) quarterfinals
- 八极拳(八極拳) Ba Ji Quan; Eight Extremes Fist
- 八小时工作制(八小時工作制) eight-hour working day
- 七荤八素(七葷八素) confused; distracted
- 八目鳗(八目鰻) lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
- 块儿八毛(塊兒八毛) one yuan or less; around 80 cents or one dollar
- 王八 tortoise; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel; pimp
- 四仰八叉 sprawled out on one's back
- 七手八脚(七手八腳) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
- 八宝饭(八寶飯) eight treasures dish
- 低八度 an octave lower
- 眼观六路耳听八方(眼觀六路耳聽八方) the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert
- 八会穴(八會穴) the eight influential points (acupuncture)
- 八卦阵(八卦陣) eight-trigram battle array
- 八九不离十(八九不離十) pretty close; very near; about right
- 八八六 Bye bye!
- 一九八八年 1988
- 八十一 81
- 蓝背八色鸫(藍背八色鶇) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
- 二〇一八年 2018
- 八节(八節) eight special days
- 二八佳人 16-year-old beauty
- 家八哥 common myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- 八世纪(八世紀) 8th century
- 八重奏 octet (musical ensemble)
- 炼丹八卦炉(煉丹八卦爐) eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art
- 绿胸八色鸫(綠胸八色鶇) hooded pitta (Pitta sordida)
- 西泠八家 Big Eight of Xiling
- 八字胡(八字鬍) mustache shaped like character 八
- 八分音符 quaver; eighth note
- 八十天环游地球(八十天環遊地球) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
- 蓝八色鸫(藍八色鶇) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
- 七嘴八张(七嘴八張) all talking at once
- 四十八 48; forty-eight
- 八十八 88
- 一九八二年 1982
- 正经八百(正經八百) very serious; solemn
Also contained in
八一五 、 八大元老 、 八国联军 、 八宝山 、 八节那间 、 八一宣言 、 八宝山革命公墓 、 一二八事变 、 三八大盖 、 八王之乱
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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
- 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
- 娇丽八 (嬌麗八) 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
- 经八 (經八) 經八年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
- 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: 7