WordTaiwan frequency #17,013
三十八
ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ
“thirty-eight; in Taiwan slang, refers to someone who is silly, frivolous, or playfully foolish”
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三
ㄙㄢ
The number three; 3; third in order; often used to indicate multiple or repeated instances; a surname.
十
ㄕˊ
The number ten; 10; complete; perfect; a radical in Chinese dictionaries.
八
ㄅㄚ
The natural number eight; used as a numeral or adjective to denote eight; sometimes used adverbially to mean all around or many.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 十分ㄕˊ ㄈㄣvery; extremely; completely; utterly; to the fullest extent; (math) to divide into ten equal parts
- 第三ㄉㄧˋ ㄙㄢthird; the third; thirdly; third place; third in order; third one; third party; third person; third party (law)
- 二十ㄦˋ ㄕˊtwenty; the number 20.
- 十二ㄕˊ ㄦˋtwelve; the number 12
- 三十ㄙㄢ ㄕˊthirty; 30
- 十五ㄕˊ ㄨˇfifteen; the number 15.
- 五十ㄨˇ ㄕˊfifty; the number 50.
- 三月ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋMarch; the third month of the year; third month of the lunar calendar
- 八月ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋAugust; eighth month of the lunar calendar.
- 四十ㄙˋ ㄕˊforty; the number 40.
- 十月ㄕˊ ㄩㄝˋOctober; tenth month of the lunar year.
- 十八ㄕˊ ㄅㄚthe number eighteen; 18.