| 八 | 1072A25 80.80 | 部居  | 畫數 2 | ㄅㄚ [ba1] . [Var.捌 used in checks for “spelling out”sum] | ||
| N. | A surname (rare). | |||||
| Adj. | (1) (Number) eight: 八百年 ages (他早八百年來了 was here ages ago); 八九不離十 almost (你這個活兒做到八九不離十了 your work is almost done already); 八成兒 80%, greater part, most probably; 八成兒要下雨 most probably it will rain; 八八六十四 8×8 = 64, clearly, mechanically; 八字不見一撇 half of the character 八 is missing (of discussion too far away from the subject); 聖賢已是八字打開了 “the character 八 is quite open”(sages have made it quite clear); 八字鬚，眉，腳 moustache, eyebrows, feet shaped or turned like the character 八; 八開 [ba1kai1]↓; 八節 the four equinoxes and solstices; 八寶 eight kinds of precious ingredients, see 八寶飯 [ba1bao3fan4]↓; 八仙 the Eight (Taoist) Immortals; see 八仙桌 [ba1xian1zhuo1]↓. (2) All around, all sides: 八面玲瓏 (of speech) cover all sides beautifully, (of character) manage to please everybody; 八面威風 make magnificent appearance; 八面週全 satisfactory to every detail; 八下裡去 all broken apart; 八方 eight points of the compass; 八表，八荒，八紘 all outlying areas (of China), on all sides. | |||||
| Words | 1. 八八兒 [ba1ba1er0], n., mynah, see [ba1ge1er0]↓. 2. 八寶飯 [ba1bao3fan4], n., rice pudding with raisin and various nuts and seeds; 八寶 name given to things made of excellent ingredients, such as 八寶印 泥 90S.22, seal ink. 3. 八拜（之）交 [ba1bai4]([zhi1])[jiao1], n., sworn brother, sister. 4. 八重奏 [ba1chong2zou4], n., octet. 5. 八大山人 [ba1da4shan1ren2], n., painter of 17th cen. 6. 八斗（才） [ba1dou3]([cai2]), n., (praise) very gifted writer. 7. 八度 [ba1du4], n., octave. 8. 八分（書） [ba1fen1]([shu1]), n., style of script, balanced right and left, of Hahn Dyn.; a form of 隸書 10S.02. 9. 八分音符 [ba1fen1yin1fu2], n., (mus.) quaver. 10. 八分儀 [ba1fen1yi2], n., (math.) octant. 11. 八哥兒 [ba1ge1er0], n., the mynah. 12. 八卦 [ba1gua4], n., the eight diagrams, consisting of arrangement of continuous and broken lines in three lines each, symbolizing changing balance of forces and used in divination, as follows: 乾 (≡)，兌 (≡)，離 (≡)，震 (≡)，巽 (≡)，坎 (≡)，艮 (≡)，坤 (≡); cf. 五行 31.30. 13. 八股 [ba1gu3], n., prescribed form of essays in civil examinations, requiring strictly eight paragraphs, notorious for conformity; rigmarole writing surfeited with tiresome clich (新八股，黨八股). 14. 八行書 [ba1hang2shu1], n., letter of recommendation for post; formal, brief letter of eight lines. 15. 八角 [ba1jiao3], adj., octagonal; adj., 八角 (茴香) n., star-aniseed; adj., 八角楓 a kind of maple, Marlea platanifolia; 八角形 octagon, -al. 16. 八進法 [ba1jin4fa3], n., (math.) octonary scale. 17. 八爪魚 [ba1zhao3yU2], n., (pop.) octopus. 18. 八開 [ba1kai1], n., (printing) octavo. 19. 八面體 [ba1mian4ti3], n., (math.) octahedron. 20. 八仙花 [ba1xian1hua1], n., (bot.) Hydrangea hortensia. 21. 八仙桌（子） [ba1xian1zhuo1]([zi0]), n., a square dinner table seating eight. 22. 八字 [ba1zi4], n., the horoscope; eight cyclical characters giving year, month, day and hour of birth: 問八字 to consult horoscope; 八字帖兒 card of horoscope presented by candidate for betrothal; 八字不合 horoscopes (of proposed couple) do not agree. 23. 八言 [ba1yan2], n., poem of eight character lines. 24. 八佾 [ba1yi4], n., (AC) a dance with eight formations of dancers. 25. 八音 [ba1yin1], n., eight categories of instrument in anc. orchestra (metal, stone, string, bamboo, gourd, clay, leather, wood). 26. 八月 [ba1yUe4], n., August. | |||||