八

四面八方

sì miàn bā fāng

(idiom) all directions; all around

三八线

sān bā xiàn

38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea

二十八宿

èr shí bā xiù

the twenty-eight constellations

八戒

bā jiè

see 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4]

八卦掌

bā guà zhǎng

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

八步

bā bù

see 八步區|八步区[Ba1 bu4 Qu1]

八角

bā jiǎo

anise

九一八事变

jiǔ yī bā shì biàn

the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria

十之八九

shí zhī bā jiǔ

most likely

七嘴八舌

qī zuǐ bā shé

lively discussion with everybody talking at once

八旗

bā qí

Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty

七零八落

qī líng bā luò

(idiom) everything broken and in disorder