8

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

Notes

• Colloquially: pøeq (peq / poeq)

  • pøeh'ee laang

    eight people

• Literary reading: pad
  • ji pad zhengzhwn (二八青春 the splendor of youth at about 16 years of age)
• See sorji
• considered a lucky number in Chinese culture because it sounds like hoad (發 "prosper" or "wealth"). (see Kionghie-hoatzaai)

Køq khvoax

• pøehzap (80)
• paq, cidpaq (100)
• pøehpaq (800)