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).