八baat3卦gwaa3

English

1. the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
2. (adjective) nosy
3. the Eight Trigrams of Yi Jing (the Book of Changes), which were formerly used in divination. Also refers to a tool based on the Eight Trigrams, used by Taoist practitioners ----
4. used to describe someone who is nosy and likes to gossip, especially talking behind others' backs
5. to sniff around, to gossip, to pry into something
6. gossip
7. Bagua mirror
8. gossipy

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 《易經》入面嘅概念，占卜用。每個卦由三個「爻」組成，每個「爻」可以分陰或者陽，所以總共有八個組合，分別係「乾兑離震巽坎艮坤」。
2. 形容人鍾意打聽人哋啲嘢，好管閒事，或成日講人是非
3. 收風，四圍打聽
4. 即係八卦鏡，係一種外圍印有八卦符號，中間係一塊圓鏡嘅道教辟邪器具（量詞：塊）

Examples

• 人哋有冇結婚又唔關你事，咪咁八卦喇。

  Whether he's married or not has nothing to do with you. Don't be so nosy.

• 佢哋分手咁突然，等我八卦下發生咗咩事先。

  Their breakup was out of the blue, let me find out what happened.