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
- 八珍汤(八珍湯) eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
- 西泠八家 Big Eight of Xiling
- 八会穴(八會穴) the eight influential points (acupuncture)
- 八十二 82
- 八月份 August
- 七手八脚(七手八腳) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
- 八字还没一撇(八字還沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
- 正儿八板(正兒八板) earnest; authentic
- 八表 outside the eight directions; a very remote place
- 八字胡须(八字鬍鬚) mustache shaped like character 八
- 一九八六年 1986
- 七颠八倒(七顛八倒) disorderly ; disoriented
- 八哥狗 pug (breed of dog)
- 八十一 81
- 蓝翅八色鸫(藍翅八色鶇) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
- 保八 to maintain an 8% annual growth rate
- 八旗子弟 child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility); privileged brat
- 三八 8th March ; foolish; stupid
- 八极拳(八極拳) Ba Ji Quan; Eight Extremes Fist
- 四方八面 four directions and eight sides; everywhere
- 乌七八糟(烏七八糟) everything in disorder; in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy
- 十八 eighteen
- 一九八五年 1985
- 八十 eighty
- 王八蛋 bastard; son of a bitch
- 秦书八体(秦書八體) eight Qin scripts
- 七七八八 almost; nearing completion; bits and piece; of all kinds
- 七嘴八张(七嘴八張) all talking at once
- 蓝背八色鸫(藍背八色鶇) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
- 丘八 soldier
- 八纲(八綱) eight principles, a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)
- 七荤八素(七葷八素) confused; distracted
- 八腕目 Octopoda
- 八纲辨证(八綱辨證) pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
- 内八字脚(內八字腳) intoeing; pigeon toes; knock-knees
- 八十四 84
- 八字命理 divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
- 横七竖八(橫七豎八) in disorder; at sixes and sevens
- 王八 tortoise; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel; pimp
- 蓝枕八色鸫(藍枕八色鶇) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
- 四通八达(四通八達) roads open in all directions; openly accessible
- 八宝眼药(八寶眼藥) eight-jewel eye ointment
Also contained in
八美 、 八步区 、 八德 、 八卦山 、 八德市 、 八达通 、 八大元老 、 沙里八丹 、 八都马
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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
- 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
- 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