八字

Chinese

		eight	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (八字)		八	字
simp. ^#(八字)		八	字

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八字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāzì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄗˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bat² du⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-sṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): poeh-lī / peh-jī / poeh-jī

(Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁴ ri⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bazìh
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: bā-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh
  - Palladius: бацзы (baczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄗˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhr
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: bā-dzìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzell
  - Palladius: бацзыр (baczyr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶
  - Yale: baat jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bat² du⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pat̚⁵⁵ tu³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: bad` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pat̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-lī
  - Tâi-lô: pueh-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poehli
  - IPA (Singapore): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² li²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-jī
  - Tâi-lô: peh-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pehji
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-jī
  - Tâi-lô: pueh-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poehji
  - IPA (Singapore): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² d͡zi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: boih⁴ ri⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih jī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /poiʔ²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/

Noun

八字

(literally) the character 八
eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling

Derived terms