生辰八字
Chinese
| birthday; date of one's birth | the character 八 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生辰八字) | 生辰 | 八字 | |
| simp. #(生辰八字) | 生辰 | 八字 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shēngchén bāzì
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shengchén bazìh
- Wade–Giles: shêng1-chʻên2 pa1-tzŭ4
- Yale: shēng-chén bā-dz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchern batzyh
- Palladius: шэнчэнь бацзы (šɛnčɛnʹ baczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saang1 san4 baat3 zi6
- Yale: sāang sàhn baat jih
- Cantonese Pinyin: saang1 san4 baat8 dzi6
- Guangdong Romanization: sang1 sen4 bad3 ji6
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
生辰八字
- eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 八字 (“eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 八字 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 生辰八字 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 八字 |
| Xi'an | 八字 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 八字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 八字 |
| Wuhan | 八字 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 時辰八字 |
| Hong Kong | 八字, 時辰八字, 生辰八字 | |
| Taishan | 八字 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 八字 |
| Pingxiang | 八字 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 八字 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 八字 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 八字 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 八字 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 八字 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 八字 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 八字 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 八字, 時辰八字 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 八字 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 八字 |
| Quanzhou | 八字 | |
| Zhangzhou | 八字 | |
| Tainan | 八字, 生時日月 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 生日月 |
| Xianyou | 生日月 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 時辰八字 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 八字 | |
| Suzhou | 八字 | |
| Danyang | 八字 | |
| Hangzhou | 時辰八字 | |
| Wenzhou | 八字 | |
| Jinhua | 八字 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 八字 |