八字

Chinese

		eight	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (八字)		八	字
simp. #(八字)		八	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poeh-lī / peh-jī / poeh-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìh
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: bā-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh
    • Palladius: бацзы (baczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhr
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bā-dzìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzell
    • Palladius: бацзыр (baczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶
    • Yale: baat jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-lī
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-jī
    • Tâi-lô: peh-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poeh-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pueh-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poehji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 八字

1. (literally) the character 八
2. eight birthdate characters used in fortune-telling

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)