八
Meanings
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- 1.eight
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Wiktionary
- 1.eight
- 2.many; numerous
- 3.pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
- 4.short for 八卦 (bāguà)
- 5.to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
- 6.nosey; meddling
- 7.a surname, Ba
- 8.to divide; to differentiate
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形): two bent lines indicating the original meaning of "to divide". This character is later borrowed to mean "eight" because of homonymy, making the original meaning obsolete (now represented by 分 and 別). Unrelated to the bottom part of 兵, 共, 具, and 興, in which it represents two hands holding an object. Also unrelated to 只 and 兑 in which it represents air coming out of a mouth. Unrelated to 貝. Eventually, unrelated to the bottom part of 其, 真, and 典, in which it represents the legs of a table. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-rjat (“eight”). Compare Tibetan བརྒྱད (brgyad).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我八點起床。
I wake up at eight.
八點半開始上課。
Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
他八點上床睡覺。
He goes to bed at eight o'clock.
課程八點半開始。
The class begins at 8:30.
我八點會跟你見面。
I'll meet to you at eight.
五和三的總和是八。
The sum of 5 and 3 is 8.
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Derived terms
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