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 Template:Ttsx.
- Template:Ttsx
- 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 ([[wikt:#Chinese|]]) (mob / moe), DFT (in Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.