the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy

August; eighth month (of the lunar year)

eighty percent; most probably; most likely

eighty; 80

meddling woman; nosy parker (Cantonese)

the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling

see 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4]

the eight precepts (Buddhism)

ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹); the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories; music

the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)

eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)

(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)

see 八宿縣|八宿县[Ba1 su4 Xian4]

octave

Barkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet

octavo

(sports) top eight; quarterfinals

the eight points of the compass; all directions

Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty

80 years; one's eighties; 80 days

see 八步區|八步区[Ba1 bu4 Qu1]

eight methods of treatment (TCM)

eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)

(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction

Bamay in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]

an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing

the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)

anise; star anise; aniseed; octagonal; Fructus Anisi stellati

see 八風穴|八风穴[ba1 feng1 xue2]

Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions; (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3]

15th August, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in 1945

eight-to-two powder (TCM)

old-fashioned square table to seat eight people

see 草海[Cao3 hai3]

the eight influential points (acupuncture)

Yaohan retail group

octoploid

Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages)

see 八公山區|八公山区[Ba1 gong1 shan1 Qu1]

(slang) alcohol; liquor (euphemistic substitute for 酒[jiu3], from 8+1=9, 九[jiu3] being a homophone of 酒[jiu3])

Bagua Mountain, Taiwan

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics

erhua variant of 八哥[ba1 ge1]

pug (breed of dog)

shape resembling the character 八 or 8; V-shape; splayed; figure of eight

step with feet splayed outwards