8

8 🔊 (pøeq/poeq/peq/pad; 八/捌; eight), si cidee sorji, siok zuxjiensox kab zefngsox, ti 7 auxpiaq, ti 9 thauzeeng.

How do I say this?

• Colloquially, either of peq, poeq 🔊 works, hence the notation pøeq 🔊.

  • pøeh'ee laang 🔊

    eight people

  • Peq is more common in Gilaan, Tailaam, Tvafkao, and Taitiofng. Poeq is more common in Logkarng and Taipag.
• Literary reading: pad 🔊

  • ji pad zhengzhwn 🔊 二八青春

    the splendor of youth at about 16 years of age

• See sorji

Note

considered a lucky number in Chinese culture because it sounds like the word "prosper" or "wealth" (hoad; 發).

Regional

Region	eight
Logkarng	poeq
Samkiab	poeq
Taipag	poeq
Gilaan	peq
Tailaam	peq
Køhioong	peq
Kimmngg	poeq
Mafkefng	poeq
Sinteg	poeq
Taitiofng	peq

adapted from 語音差異表 or 詞彙比較表 #423 (八), Entry #56 (八) (mob / moe), DFT (in Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.