粵

時si4辰san4八baat3字zi6

simp时辰八字
si4 san4 baat3 zi6shí chén bā zì

English

  1. the hour and date of a person's birthday according to the lunar calender to use for fortune-telling
  2. an ancient Chinese date and time system, using 8 characters to represent year, month, date, hour; nowadays the 8 characters are only used to state one's birth time, for fortune telling

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 源自古代中國嘅一種記錄日子方式，用天干同地支組合八個字，代表年、月、日、時；而家只會用八字來記錄一個人嘅出生時間，用嚟討論命理、運程

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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