粵

生saang1辰san4八baat3字zi6

saang1 san4 baat3 zi6sang1 san4 baat3 zi6shēng chén bā zì

English

  1. one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
  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-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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