Chinese Word of the Day

八月
bā yuè

August

Definitions

Chinese > English
八月	Bāyuè
1. n. August
2. n. eighth month of the Chinese calendar
English > Chinese
August
1. 名词. 八月
Components
八	bā
1. an accounting version of the numeral eight that is otherwise written astr=-
2. usage. Minor strokes in the shape of ハ/八, as in the top of 劵, can be referred to 八. These are very frequently simplified to 丷. Contrast 劵/券, and different forms of (lang, ja, 鬲)/lang, und, sc=Hans, 鬲.
3. (zh-alt-form, 朳, toothless rake)
4. eight
5. (zh-alt-form, 扒, to break open, split open)
6. many, numerous
7. to know; to recognise; to be familiar with
8. (printing) pearl; The smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point.
捌字 - to know how to read, tr=báik-cê, MD
9. to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
10. to know (somebody)
11. (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
伓捌 - to not know (someone), tr=n̂g-báik, MD
12. 八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
13. already; previously
14. (zh-obsolete) to divide; to differentiate
捌曾 - a term denoting past tense, tr=báik-cèng, MD
捌bat 做 %過kòe - to have done something already, MN
月	yuè
1. usage. Do not confuse (lang, mul, 月) with m, mul, ⺼, sc=Hani, a form of m, mul, 肉, , flesh, meat when used as the left-hand radical of a character. m, mul, ⺼, sc=Hani is used for parts of the body such as m
2. (literary) moon
3. moon-shaped objects
4. month
5. monthly
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