丘八

Chinese

		mound; hill; Confucius mound; hill; Confucius; given name	eight
trad. (丘八)		丘	八
simp. #(丘八)		丘	八

Etymology

From splitting the character 兵 (“soldier”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄅㄚ

• Gan (Wiktionary): qiu¹ bat⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): kiŭ-báik

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciouba
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-pa¹
    • Yale: chyōu-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouba
    • Palladius: цюба (cjuba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiu¹ bat⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴² pat̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kiŭ-báik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰieu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(p-)βaiʔ²⁴/

Noun

丘八

1. (slang, derogatory) soldier