八字

bāzì
  1. the character 8 or 八
  2. birthdate characters used in fortune-telling

CEDICT

  1. (literally) the character 八
  2. eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling
  3. the character 八

Wiktionary

星命家將人出生的年、月、日、時各配干支，以推斷一生的禍福吉凶，稱為「八字」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 八 bā eight
2 字 zì
  1. letter
  2. symbol
  3. character
  4. word
  5. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

classifier: 個

Containing this entry

八字命理 bāzìmìnglǐ divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
八字形 bāzìxíng
  1. shape resembling the character 八 or 8
  2. V-shape
  3. splayed
  4. figure of eight
八字方針 bāzìfāngzhēn
  1. a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
  2. (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春 Lǐ Fùchūn in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
八字步 bāzìbù step with feet splayed outwards
八字沒一撇 bāzìméiyīpiě
  1. lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 bā (idiom)
  2. fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. no sign of success yet
八字眉 bāzìméi sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
八字腳 bāzìjiǎo splayfoot
八字還沒一撇 bāzìháiméiyīpiě
  1. lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八 bā has been written (idiom)
  2. fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
八字鬍 bāzìhú mustache shaped like character 八
批八字 pībāzì
  1. to have one's fortune read
  2. system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
生辰八字 shēngchénbāzì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
外八字 wàibāzì
內八字 nèibāzì
八字帖 bāzìtiě
陳八字 Chénbāzì
八字門 Bāzìmén
八字乳 bāzìrǔ
八字奶 bāzìnǎi
八字橋 Bāzìqiáo
時辰八字 shíchénbāzì
八字還沒有一撇 bāzìháiméiyǒuyīpiě
八字都沒一撇 bāzìdōuméiyīpiě