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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 八
[bā]
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1.
numeral
eight
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 八
[bā]
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1.
数
数目,七加一的和。
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2.
"八"的大写是"捌"。
Examples
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我倒了八辈子霉了。
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I couldn't have worse luck. or I'm up to my neck in trouble.
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他身高一米八。
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He is 180 centimetres in height.
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Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
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六,七,八,九,十。
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seven point eight per cent
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百分之七点八
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nciku Note
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Financial Characters 大写 dà xiě
Capitalization of Chinese numerals began in the Ming Dynasty to prevent forgeries on official documents. Today they are used in the banking and financial fields. They also appear on today’s RMB.
| Zero | 〇 | 零 | líng | | One | 一 | 壹 | yī | | Two | 二 | 贰 | èr | | Three | 三 | 叁 | sān | | Four | 四 | 肆 | sì | | Five | 五 | 伍 | wǔ | | Six | 六 | 陆 | liù | | Seven | 七 | 柒 | qī | | Eight | 八 | 捌 | bā | | Nine | 九 | 玖 | jiǔ | | Ten | 十 | 拾 | shí | | Hundred | 百 | 佰 | bǎi | | Thousand | 千 | 仟 | qiān |
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