八 (baat3) — eight in Cantonese
baat˗₃八Mandarin Pinyin: ba1
Meaning of 八
nouneight
noun(adjective) nosy
Example Sentences with 八
我今年八歲。
I'm eight this year.
你講嗰啲嘢全部都九唔踏八。
Nothing you said made any sense.
八月是一年中的第八個月份
August is the eighth month of the year.
要唔要儲八達通積分?
Do you want to accumulate Octopus card points? (said by cashiers to customers when making a sales transaction)
出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels.
Words Containing 八
臭八cau3 baat3
a nasty person (lit., "smelly bastard")
半斤八両bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2
six of one and half of a dozen of the other; Hobson's choice; Tweedledum and Tweedledee. | Lit. "Half a Catty or Eight Taels", which is the same amount (in old China, 1 catty = 16 taels = 600+g; in today's People's Republic, 1 catty = 500g = 10 taels). | Note: Some publications make a distinction betw. 両 (tael) and 兩 (two). Some publications don't.
四通八達sei3 tung1 baat3 daat6
(交通)四通八達 extend in all directions, (transportation infrastructures) very convenient
八級風baat3 kap1 fung1
force 8 wind; fresh gale
八卦佬baat3 gwaa3 lou2
a gossip (male)
七七八八cat1 cat1 baat3 baat3
more-or-less complete
七零八落cat1 ling4 baat3 lok6
scattered here and there; in disorder | [粵]: 零星落索
八十一baat3 sap6 jat1
eighty-one; 81
九唔搭八gau2 m4 daap3 baat3
completely nonsensical; give an irrelevant answer
未見官先打八十mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 baat3 sap6
未見其利先見其害
十之八九sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2
mostly (literally means eight or nine tenths)
八百萬baat3 baak3 maan6
eight million; 8,000,000
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