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"8" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
八 bā eight / 8 syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
八字 bā zì the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling syn
十有八九 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority syn
任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn
十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority syn
阿拉伯数字 阿拉伯數字 ā lā bó shù zì Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
瞿塘峡 瞿塘峽 qū táng xiá Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]
盆 pén basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
咫 zhǐ 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
仞 rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]
篪 chí bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
哈努卡 hā nǔ kǎ Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节
文山线 文山線 wén shān xiàn Taipei Metro Wenshan Line (known as the Muzha Line 木柵線|木栅线[Mu4 zha4 xian4] prior to October 8, 2009)
〨 bā numeral 8 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5]
瞿塘峡 瞿塘峽 qú táng xiá Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]
改善贫民窟居民生活问题第8工作队 改善貧民窟居民生活問題第8工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers / Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers
发展中8国集团 發展中8國集團 Developing 8 Countries
8字航迹 8字航跡 8zi4 háng jì figure 8 track / figure eight track
8 X 8 救险车 8 X 8 救險車 8 X 8 recovery vehicle
青少年峰会 Junior 8 Summit / Junior 8
专八 專八 zhuān bā TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试[Ying1 yu3 Zhuan1 ye4 Ba1 ji2 Kao3 shi4])
关东地震 關東地震 guān dōng dì zhèn Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
未羊 wèi yáng Year 8, year of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
川震 chuān zhèn Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people / same as 四川大地震[Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4]
尼米兹号 尼米茲號 ní mǐ zī hào Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975
哈努卡节 哈努卡節 hā nǔ kǎ jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on the Gregorian calendar)
八字形 bā zì xíng shape resembling the character 八 or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
光明节 光明節 guāng míng jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
七言律诗 七言律詩 qī yán lǜ shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4])
由旬 yóu xún yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
箎 chí bamboo flute with 8 holes
八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
八级风 八級風 bā jí fēng force 8 wind / fresh gale
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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