捌字

Chinese

		complicated form of the numeral eight; split; (Min) to know	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (捌字)		捌	字
simp. #(捌字)		捌	字
alternative forms		識字／识字 別字／别字 仈字

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): báik-cê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bat-jī / bat-lī / pat-jī / pat-lī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bag⁴ ri⁷

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: báik-cê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bat-jī
    • Tâi-lô: bat-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: batji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bat̚³²⁻⁴ zi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bat̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bat-lī
    • Tâi-lô: bat-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: batli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bat̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bat̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pat-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-lī
    • Tâi-lô: pat-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patli
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bag⁴ ri⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pak jī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚²⁻⁴ d͡zi¹¹/

Verb

捌字 (Min)

1. to learn to read
2. to know how to read

   • 阿嬤不識字，但是伊識真多的代誌。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阿嬷不识字，但是伊识真多的代志。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1999, (deprecated template usage) 黃乙玲, 無字的情批

     A-má m̄ bat-lī, tān-sī i bat chin chōe ê tāi-chì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Grandma is illiterate, but she knows many things.

   • 𣍐捌字／𫧃捌字 [Eastern Min]  ―  mâ̤-báik-cê / [mɛ²⁴²⁻²¹ ^(p-)βɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]   ―  do not know how to read

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 捌字 (Min)

1. literacy

See also

• (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka) 識字／识字 (shízì)

References

• “Entry #6036”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.