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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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