Cantonese Dictionary

八十歲返頭嫁

baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 sui4 fan3 tou2 jia4

Simplified: 八十岁返头嫁

lit. get remarried at the age of eighty, meaning to bring trouble oneself

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八千

baat3 cin1

Mandarin: ba1 qian1

eight thousand

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八卦

baat3 gwaa3

Mandarin: ba1 gua4

(adjective) nosy

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八卦佬

baat3 gwaa3 lou2

Mandarin: ba1gua4 lao3

a nosy guy who likes to gossip [colloquial]

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八卦公

baat3 gwaa3 gung1

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 gong1

man who is nosy and gossips, talks about people behind their back

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八卦妹

baat3 gwaa3 mui1

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 mei4

a young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper

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八卦妹

baat3 gwaa3 mui6*1

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 mei4

a woman who gossips

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八卦婆

baat3 gwaa3 po2

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 po2

(slang) a nosy woman

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八卦婆

baat3 gwaa3 po4*2

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 po2

a (old) woman who gossips; a bitch

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八卦掌

baat3 gwaa3 zoeng2

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 zhang3

[internal Chinese martial art] Baguazhang martial art style

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八卦新聞

baat3 gwaa3 san1 man4

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 xin1 wen2

Simplified: 八卦新闻

celebrities news or gossips

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八卦週刊

baat3 gwaa3 zau1 hon1

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 zhou1 kan1

a muckraking weekly

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八卦週刊

baat3 gwaa3 zau1 hon2

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 zhou1 kan1

Simplified: 八卦周刊

celebrity news and gossip magazine

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八卦雜誌

baat3 gwaa3 zaap6 zi3

Mandarin: ba1 gua4 za2 zhi4

Simplified: 八卦杂志

celebrities gossips magazine

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八哥

baat3 go1

Mandarin: ba1 ge1

myna bird, famed for its ability to mimic human speech | Cant.: 鷯哥/了哥

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八哥兒

baat3 go1 ji4

Mandarin: ba1 ge1 er2

myna

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八國聯軍

baat3 gwok3 lyun4 gwan1

Mandarin: ba1 guo2 lian2 jun1

the Eight Power Allied Force

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八國集團

baat3 gwok3 zaap6 tyun4

G8 (Group of Eight)

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八國領袖

baat3 gwok3 ling5 zau6

the Group of Eight leaders

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八天

baat3 tin1

Mandarin: ba1 tian1

eight-day; eight days

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八妹

baat3 mui1

Mandarin: ba1 mei4

a young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper

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八妹

baat3 mui6*1

a gossip (female, short for 八卦妹)

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八婆

baat3 po4

Mandarin: ba1 po2

(of coarse language) bitch

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八字

baat3 zi6

the eight characters for the birth time used in fortune telling

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八字波

baat3 zi6 bo1

Mandarin: ba1 zi4 bo1

breasts that are shaped as "eight [八]" in Chinese character

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八字生得正

baat3 zi6 saang1 dak1 zeng3

Mandarin: ba1zi4 sheng1 de5 zheng4

to be born under a good sign; to lead a lucky life [colloquial]

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八字鬍子

baat3 zi6 wu4 zi2

a split mustache with two strips of hair above the upper lip (shaped like the 八 character)

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八宿

baat3 sau3

Mandarin: ba1 su4

Basu (place in Tibet)

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八寶

baat3 bou2

Mandarin: ba1 bao3

eight treasures

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八寶山公墓

baat3 bou2 saan1 gung1 mou6

the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery

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