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八

bā

HSK 1 Character

What 八 means

1. eight

Example sentences

• 她八岁。
  She is eight.
• 我十八岁。
  I am eighteen years old.
• 她八岁大。
  She is eight.
• 八点多了。
  It's past eight.
• 胡说八道！
  Baloney!
• 他胡说八道。
  He is talking nonsense.

Words starting with 八

• 八十bā shíeighty; 80
• 八月Bā yuèAugust; eighth month (of the lunar year)
• 八卦bā guàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy
• 八路军Bā lù jūnEighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the…
• 八成bā chéngeighty percent; most probably; most likely
• 八戒bā jièthe eight precepts (Buddhism)
• 八达岭Bā dá lǐngBadaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
• 八字bā zìthe character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
• 八角bā jiǎoanise; star anise; aniseed
• 八方bā fāngthe eight points of the compass; all directions
• 八国联军Bā guó Lián jūnEight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
• 八旗Bā qíEight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 后金
• 八仙Bā xiānthe Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
• 八宝山Bā bǎo shānBabaoshan, a hill in Shijingshan District, Beijing, site of the Babaoshan Revolutionary…
• 八度bā dùoctave
• 八哥bā ge(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
• 八月份bā yuè fènAugust
• 八股bā gǔan essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing
• 八旬bā xún80 years; one's eighties; 80 days
• 八仙桌bā xiān zhuōold-fashioned square table to seat eight people
• 八婆bā pómeddling woman; nosy parker (Cantonese)
• 八廓Bā kuòBarkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
• 八强bā qiáng(sports) top eight; quarterfinals
• 八冲bā chōngeight surges…

Words containing 八

• 十八shí bāeighteen; 18
• 乱七八糟luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
• 四面八方sì miàn bā fāng(idiom) all directions; all around
• 胡说八道hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
• 五花八门wǔ huā bā ménmyriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
• 三八sān bāInternational Women's Day 妇女节; foolish; stupid
• 王八蛋wáng bā dànbastard; son of a bitch
• 王八wáng basoftshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel
• 七嘴八舌qī zuǐ bā shélively discussion with everybody talking at once
• 猪八戒Zhū Bā jièZhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed…
• 十有八九shí yǒu bā jiǔmost likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
• 四通八达sì tōng bā dároads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
• 横七竖八héng qī shù bāin disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom)
• 二八èr bā16; sixteen
• 杂七杂八zá qī zá bāan assortment; a bit of everything; lots of different (skills)
• 正儿八经zhèng ér bā jīngserious; earnest; real
• 七上八下qī shàng bā xiàat sixes and sevens; perturbed state of mind; in a mess
• 七手八脚qī shǒu bā jiǎo(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
• 十之八九shí zhī bā jiǔmost likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
• 四平八稳sì píng bā wěneverything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
• 丑八怪chǒu bā guàiugly person
• 丘八qiū bāsoldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.)
• 保八bǎo bāto maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy)
• 专八zhuān bāTEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major…

Characters that look like 八

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 人rénperson; people
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时

Sounds the same

Read bā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 巴to long for; to wish; to cling to
• 叭denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
• 扒to peel; to skin; to tear
• 疤scar; scab
• 芭an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 吧bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)…
• 笆an article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 峇(used in transliteration)
• 粑a round flat cake (dialect)
• 鲃used in 鲃鱼
• 〨numeral 8 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 丷"eight" component in Chinese characters; old variant of 八