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Meaning of 八

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Pinyin:
English Definition: eight; 8
Chinese Definition:
①数名,七加一(在钞票和单据上常用大写“捌”代):八面玲珑。八卦(《周易》中的八种基本图形)。
Total strokes: 2; Radical: ; Structure: 八 + *
Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"
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Example Words
八路军 jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
四面八方 miàn fāng in all directions; all around; far and near
八字 the character 8 or ; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
乱七八糟 luàn zāo everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; at sixes and sevens
五花八门 huā mén myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
More: 八* | *八 | *八*
Example Sentences
1
August is in summer.
2
I get up at half past eight.
3
We have eight students.
4
My birthday is in August.
5
There are eight apples on the table.