時辰八字

Chinese

		double-hour	the character 八
trad. (時辰八字)		時辰	八字
simp. (时辰八字)		时辰	八字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíchén bāzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ san⁴ baat³ zi⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-zen-paq-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíchén bāzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhchén bazìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻên² pa¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-chén bā-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchern batzyh
    • Palladius: шичэнь бацзы (šičɛnʹ baczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ san⁴ baat³ zi⁶
    • Yale: sìh sàhn baat jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ san⁴ baat⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ sen⁴ bad³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ sɐn²¹ paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-zen-paq-zy
    • MiniDict: zy^去 zen pah zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-zen-paq-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² zən⁵⁵ paʔ³³ zz̩²¹/

Noun

時辰八字

1. eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling
2. (Shanghainese) time

   • 儂要做搿樁事體，時辰八字排排好！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     侬要做搿桩事体，时辰八字排排好！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 15

     ⁶non ⁵iau ⁵tsu ⁸geq-tsaon ⁶zy-thi ⁶zy-zen-paq-zy ⁶ba-ba-hau [Wugniu]

     If you want to do this thing, don’t screw the time up!

Synonyms

• 八字 (bāzì)
• 生辰八字 (shēngchén bāzì)