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四十八sì shí bā
forty-eight
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 四十八 | sìshíbā |
| 1. num. forty-eight; 48 | |
| Components | |
| 四十 | sìshí |
| 1. num. forty; 40 | |
| 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. | |
| 四 | sì |
| 1. four | |
| 2. (literary) four directions; all directions (attn, zh, request for another quote, to be sure that i'm not wrong) | |
| Synonyms: 四方 | |
| 3. (music) la (musical note) | |
| 4. (printing) English; The size of type between 小四 (little 4) and 小三 (little 3), standardized as 14 point. | |
| 5. usage. As superstition, 四 is avoided because it is similar to 死 in sound. | |
| 6. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low la (6̣). | |
| Synonyms: 士 | |
| 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 | |
Pronunciation
sì shí bā
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