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八
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
三八
sānbā
International Women's Day [[婦女節|妇女节<Fùnǚjié>]], 8th March
丘八
qiūbā
soldier (from the two components of the [[兵]] character) (derog.)
二八
èrbā
16
亡八
wángbā
variant of [[王八<wángbā>]]
保八
bǎobā
to maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy)
八仙
Bāxiān
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
八十
bāshí
eighty
八卦
bāguà
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes [[易經|易经<Yìjīng>]]
八哥
bāgē
(Chinese bird species) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
八婆
bāpó
meddling woman
八字
bāzì
the character 8 or [[八]]
八宿
Bāsù
Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture [[昌都地區|昌都地区<Chāngdūdìqū>]], Tibet
八宝
bābǎo
eight treasures
八度
bādù
octave
八廓
Bākuò
Barkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
八德
Bādé
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county [[桃園縣|桃园县<Táoyuánxiàn>]], north Taiwan
八成
bāchéng
eighty percent
八戒
bājiè
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
八方
bāfāng
the eight points of the compass
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
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 sì shí 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