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八十九bā shí jiǔ
eighty-nine
Definitions
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| 八十九 | bāshíjiǔ |
| 1. num. eighty-nine; 89 | |
| Components | |
| 八十 | bāshí |
| 1. num. eighty | |
| 十九 | shíjiǔ |
| 1. num. nineteen; 19 | |
| 2. n. nine tenth; the majority | |
| (Alternative form 什九, 拾玖) | |
| 3. det. (Cantonese) umpteen | |
| 十九 幾個 - umpteen amount(s) of | |
| 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 | |
| 十 | shí |
| 1. ten | |
| 2. (figurative) topmost; utmost | |
| 十分 - very | |
| 十全十美 - perfect | |
| 九 | jiǔ |
| 1. nine | |
| 2. (figurative) many | |
| 3. (weather) each of the nine nine-day periods from the winter solstice | |
| 4. (Cantonese, minced oath, euphemism) Synonym of 㞗 (gau1, t=penis) | |
| 5. Variant of 鳩 | |
| 鳩 | jiū |
| 1. pigeon; dove (family Columbidae) | |
| 2. (literary) to gather; to assemble | |
| 3. (Cantonese, Pingnan Min, vulgar) penis (sometimes especially erect) | |
| 含 鳩gau1 - to suck a dick - | |
| 4. (Cantonese, vulgar) fucking (intensifier) | |
| 乜 鳩gau1 事 呀 你？ - What the fuck is wrong with you? | |
| 5. (Cantonese, vulgar) (Negates the meaning of the sentence.) | |
| sorry\sor1 鳩gau1 sorry\rlyi4 呀！ - so fucking sorry! (sarcastic) | |
| 6. (Cantonese, vulgar) stupid; dumb | |
| 呢ni1 套 戲 真係 好 鳩。 - This movie is so fucking dumb. | |
| 7. (Cantonese, vulgar) recklessly | |
| 鳩噏 - to talk shit - | |
| 8. (Cantonese, vulgar) unseriously | |
| 鳩 做 份 功課 - to do a piece of homework unseriously - | |
| 9. (Cantonese, vulgar) without aim or plan | |
| 鳩 行 咗 成seng4日 - to walk around aimlessly for the entire day - | |
| 10. (Cantonese, vulgar) thoughtlessly | |
| 鳩 撳 粒 掣zai3 - to press a button repeatedly and thoughtlessly - | |
| 11. (Cantonese, vulgar) unreasonably; lacking in reason | |
| 一味mei6-2 鳩 反faan2 - to indiscriminately oppose without reason - | |
Pronunciation
bā shí jiǔ
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