八
bā
Pinyin
Definition
八
-
- eight
- 8
Character Decomposition
Compounds (31)
- 1 to divide
- 2 to separate
- 3 to distribute
- 4 to allocate
- 5 to distinguish (good and bad)
- 6 part or subdivision
- 7 fraction
- 8 one tenth (of certain units)
- 9 unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
- 10 minute (unit of time)
- 11 minute (angular measurement unit)
- 12 a point (in sports or games)
- 13 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- 1 part
- 2 share
- 3 ingredient
- 4 component
- 1 small
- 2 tiny
- 3 few
- 4 young
- 1 his
- 2 her
- 3 its
- 4 their
- 5 that
- 6 such
- 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 1 only
- 2 merely
- 3 just
- 4 but
Idioms (18)
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
- 1 misshapen
- 2 crooked
- 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
- 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
乱七八糟
- 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
- 2 at sixes and sevens
八仙过海,各显神通
- 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
Sample Sentences
八
eight
八元
eight yuan
八十元
eighty yuan
十八日
eighteenth
七八九十
seven eight nine ten
大部分的太阳光来到水星以后都被表面的岩石所吸收,只有百分之八被反射出去。
Most of the sunlight are absorbed by rocks on the surface, and only 8% of them reflected.
十之八九
Lit: Eight or nine out of ten. Fig: Likely.
明天十之八九会下雨。
It's likely to rain tomorrow.
他十之八九会来。
He is likely to come.
那个王八蛋撞了我的车。
That bastard hit my car.