生辰八字

Chinese

		birthday; date of one's birth	the character 八
trad. (生辰八字)		生辰	八字
simp. #(生辰八字)		生辰	八字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngchén bāzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ san⁴ baat³ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngchén bāzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengchén bazìh
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻên² pa¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: shēng-chén bā-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchern batzyh
    • Palladius: шэнчэнь бацзы (šɛnčɛnʹ baczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ san⁴ baat³ zi⁶
    • Yale: sāang sàhn baat jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ san⁴ baat⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ sen⁴ bad³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/

Noun

生辰八字

1. eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling

Synonyms

• 八字 (bāzì)
• 時辰八字／时辰八字 (shíchén bāzì)
• (Hokkien) 生時日月／生时日月