「八字」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: baat3 zi6
Individual
Character Meaning:
八 eight
字 character; character; word; five minutes; script; handwriting; penmanship; calligraphy; tails (of a coin)
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
A method to record time (year, month, date, hour) in ancient China, and the word has an extended meaning of someone's birth time (record). It is also believed that the birth time determines how well a person will be and goes with another person. So when two persons do not go well with each other, it's said that 'their birth times do not match'.
(Cant.) 八字生得正baat3 zi6 saang1 dak1 zeng3
(Eng.) to be born lucky; born under a lucky star
(Cant.) 佢keoi5哋dei6兩loeng5夫fu1婦fu5生saang1辰san4八baat3字zi6唔m4夾gaap3,所so2以ji5成seng4日jat6鬧naau6交gaau1。
(Eng.) Their birth times do not match, so they argue a lot.
See also: 凸字 十二生肖 口訣 字字珠璣 測字 疊字 簡筆字 紫微斗數 象形文字 鬼畫符 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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