八萬五

Chinese

		eight	ten thousand; a great number; surname	five
trad. (八萬五)		八	萬	五
simp. (八万五)		八	万	五
Literally: “85,000”.

Etymology

So called as Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa pledged to build 85,000 public housing flats annually in the plan.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ maan⁶ ng⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ maan⁶ ng⁵
    • Yale: baat maahn ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ maan⁶ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ man⁶ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ maːn²² ŋ̍¹³/

Proper noun

八萬五

1. (HK politics) the public housing expansion plan announced by Tung Chee-hwa, which eventually failed due to the Asian financial crisis