八九不離十

See also: 八九不离十

Chinese

		eight	nine	not; no	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	ten
trad. (八九不離十)		八	九	不	離	十
simp. (八九不离十)		八	九	不	离	十

Etymology

Literally: eight and nine are not separated from ten

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bā jiǔ bù lí shí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ gau² bat¹ lei⁴ sap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bā jiǔ bù lí shí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ba jiǒu bù lí shíh
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹ chiu³ pu⁴ li² shih²
    • Yale: bā jyǒu bù lí shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba jeou bu li shyr
    • Palladius: ба цзю бу ли ши (ba czju bu li ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ gau² bat¹ lei⁴ sap⁶
    • Yale: baat gáu bāt lèih sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ gau² bat⁷ lei⁴ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ geo² bed¹ léi⁴ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ kɐu̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²¹ sɐp̚²/

Idiom

八九不離十

1. (colloquial) almost

   目前已有人猜得八九不離十了！！ [MSC, trad.]
   目前已有人猜得八九不离十了！！ [MSC, simp.]

   Mùqián yǐ yǒu rén cāi de bājiǔbùlíshí le!! [Pinyin]

   At present, there are already people who have almost guessed it!!

Related terms

• 差不多 (chàbuduō)