Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- bā
English
- eight
- eight
- (adjective) nosy
- to sniff around, to gossip, to pry into something
- used to describe someone who is nosy or loves to gossip
- eight
- all around, all sides
粵語
- 八卦，收風，四圍打聽
- 形容人好八卦，中意打聽人哋啲嘢、好管閒事，或成日講人是非
- 8
Stroke order
As a component in · 543
Variants
Words containing 八
- 八卦baat3 gwaa3
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- 八角baat3 gok3
anise
- 八婆baat3 po4
meddling woman
- 八月baat3 jyut6
August
- 八強baat3 koeng4
(sports) top eight
- 三八saam1 baat3
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March
- 八公baat3 gung1
man who loves to gossip or interfere others
- 八字baat3 zi6
the character 8 or 八
- 八音baat3 jam1
ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)
- 八仙baat3 sin1
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
- 亂七八糟lyun6 cat1 baat3 zou1
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
- 八哥baat3 go1
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
- 八妹baat3 mui1
a young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper
- 八珍baat3 zan1
someone who loves to gossip; eight kinds of precious food
- 八大baat3 daai6
the 8 UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong (as of 2022) (compare 三大)
- 內八noi6 baat3
pigeon-toed; to describes the bad habit of turning the toes inward when walking, causing the feet to bend inward, forming an "eight" shape
- 八開baat3 hoi1
octavo
- 八老baat3 lou5
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
- 外八ngoi6 baat3
splayfooted; describes the soles of the feet leaning outwards
- 八鄉baat3 hoeng1
Pat Heung, literally "eight villages"
- 王八wong4 baat3
softshell turtle
- 八沖baat3 cung1
eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
- 八股baat3 gu2
an essay in eight parts
- 八步baat3 bou6
see 八步區|八步区[Ba1 bu4 Qu1]