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八
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
八法
bāfǎ
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
二八
èrbā
16
八开
bākāi
octavo
八步
Bābù
Babu district of Hezhou city [[賀州市|贺州市<Hèzhōushì>]], Guangxi
八成
bāchéng
eighty percent
八度
bādù
octave
八纲
bāgāng
"eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)
八里
Bālǐ
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City [[新北市<Xīnběishì>]], Taiwan
忘八
wàngbā
see [[王八<wángbā>]]
八字
bāzì
the character 8 or [[八]]
亡八
wángbā
variant of [[王八<wángbā>]]
八卦
bāguà
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes [[易經|易经<Yìjīng>]]
八廓
Bākuò
Barkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
八音
bāyīn
music
八旗
bāqí
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty [[後金|后金<HòuJīn>]] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
八疸
bādǎn
eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
八股
bāgǔ
an essay in eight parts
八角
bājiǎo
anise
八方
bāfāng
the eight points of the compass
十八
shíbā
eighteen
Example Sentences (4)
你妹妹怎么还没来？都八点四十了！
Nǐ mèimei zěnme hái méi lái? Dōu bā diǎn sìshí le!
Why hasn’t your younger sister come yet? It’s already 8:40!
Text 3
我还打算买辆自行车，骑车七八分钟就能到。
Wǒ hái dǎsuàn mǎi liàng zìxíngchē, qí chē qī bā fēnzhōng jiù néng dào.
I also plan to buy a bicycle; by bike, it only takes seven or eight minutes to get there.
Text 3
已经差一刻八点了！我都在这儿坐了半个小时了。
Yǐjīng chà yí kè bā diǎn le! Wǒ dōu zài zhèr zuò le bàn gè xiǎoshí le.
It's already a quarter to eight! I've been sitting here for half an hour now.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 450
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,186 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 12