Chinese Word of the Day

十八
shí bā

eighteen

Definitions

Chinese > English
十八	shíbā
1. num. eighteen; 18
芳齡十八 - (of a girl) to be eighteen years of age
一個人到了十八歲才算得de上一個站立著着zhe 人。 - A man at the age of eighteen may be considered a standing person.
English > Chinese
eighteen
1. 十八
Components
十	shí
1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
十分 - very
十全十美 - perfect
八	bā
1. eight
2. many; numerous
3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
4. Short for 八卦
5. to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
6. (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
7. 八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
Ba
8. Variant of 捌
捌	bā
1. (financial) Alternative form of 八 (eight)
2. Alternative form of 朳 (toothless rake)
3. Alternative form of 扒 (to break open, split open)
4. to break
5. sound of breaking
6. (Min) to know; to recognise; to be familiar with
捌字 (báik-cê, MD) - to know how to read
? 捌字 (mâ̤-báik-cê, MD, audio=Cdo-fzho,_儥仈字.ogg) - do not know how to read
7. (Min) to know (somebody)
伓捌 (n̂g-báik, MD) - to not know (someone)
8. (Hainanese) to know how to (do something)
9. (Min Dong, Hokkien) already; previously
捌曾 (báik-cèng, MD) - a term denoting past tense
捌bat 做 %過kòe - to have done something already, MN
10. (attn, zh, check labels)
11. Variant of 㧙