WordTaiwan frequency #29,222
豬八戒
ㄓㄨ ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
“character in Journey to the West, a pig spirit and disciple of Xuanzang; insult for a greedy, ugly, lustful, or stupid person”
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豬
ㄓㄨ
Pig; hog; swine; CL:口,頭; a place where water gathers.
八
ㄅㄚ
The natural number eight; used as a numeral or adjective to denote eight; sometimes used adverbially to mean all around or many.
戒
ㄐㄧㄝˋ
To guard against or refrain from; to warn or admonish; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; a ring.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 八月ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋAugust; eighth month of the lunar calendar.
- 十八ㄕˊ ㄅㄚthe number eighteen; 18.
- 豬肉ㄓㄨ ㄖㄡˋpork; meat from a pig, widely consumed in Chinese cuisine.
- 第八ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄚeighth; the eighth (in order, sequence, or ranking); eighth place; eighth day of the month; eighth item or position
- 八十ㄅㄚ ㄕˊeighty; the number 80
- 戒指ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓˇring worn on a finger; often used as jewelry or a symbol of marriage or engagement.
- 八卦ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨㄚˋthe eight trigrams of the Book of Changes; gossip; rumors; gossipy (esp. in Hong Kong and Taiwan usage)
- 戒備ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄟˋto take precautions; to guard against threats; to maintain alertness against surprise or disruption
- 八字ㄅㄚ ㄗˋeight characters; birthdate characters (year, month, day, hour) used in Chinese fortune-telling; one's horoscope or fate based on these.