八 bā
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
八卦
bāguà
gossip; the Eight Trigrams; gossipy
Characters in this word
卦 guà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 卜 — divination, fortune-telling
- Made of
- 圭 jade tablet 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 办公室里的八卦传播得比正式通知还快，往往先制造焦虑再制造误会。 Bàngōngshì lǐ de bāguà chuánbō de bǐ zhèngshì tōngzhī hái kuài, wǎngwǎng xiān zhìzào jiāolǜ zài zhìzào wùhuì. Office gossip spreads faster than official notices, often creating anxiety first and misunderstandings later.
- 她最爱打听别人的八卦，所以大家说话都很小心。 Tā zuì ài dǎtīng biérén de bāguà, suǒyǐ dàjiā shuōhuà dōu hěn xiǎoxīn. She loves nosing out other people's gossip, so everyone is careful about what they say.
- 你怎么这么八卦，连别人的工资都想知道？ Nǐ zěnme zhème bāguà, lián biérén de gōngzī dōu xiǎng zhīdào? Why are you so nosy, wanting to know even what other people earn?
Related words
- 八 bā eight
- 八成 bāchéng eighty percent; most likely
- 乱七八糟 luànqībāzāo in a complete mess; all in disorder
- 七嘴八舌 qīzuǐbāshé everyone talking at once; all speaking at the same time
- 四面八方 sìmiànbāfāng from all directions; every quarter
- 四通八达 sìtōngbādá to extend in all directions; well connected
- 五花八门 wǔhuābāmén all kinds of; varied
- 谎话 huǎnghuà lie; falsehood
- 谎言 huǎngyán lie; false statement
- 传闻 chuánwén rumour; hearsay; to be rumoured
- 传言 chuányán rumour; hearsay; it is rumoured
- 表态 biǎotài to declare one's position; to make one's stance known