八九不離十

See also: 八九不离十

Chinese

		eight	nine	not; no	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	ten
trad. (八九不離十)		八	九	不	離	十
simp. (八九不离十)		八	九	不	离	十

Etymology

Literally: eight and nine are not separated from ten

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bā jiǔ bù lí shí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ gau² bat¹ lei⁴ sap⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bā jiǔ bù lí shí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ba jiǒu bù lí shíh
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹ chiu³ pu⁴ li² shih²
  - Yale: bā jyǒu bù lí shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba jeou bu li shyr
  - Palladius: ба цзю бу ли ши (ba czju bu li ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ gau² bat¹ lei⁴ sap⁶
  - Yale: baat gáu bāt lèih sahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ gau² bat⁷ lei⁴ sap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ geo² bed¹ léi⁴ seb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ kɐu̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²¹ sɐp̚²/

Idiom

八九不離十

(colloquial) almost
目前已有人猜得八九不離十了！！ [MSC, trad.]
目前已有人猜得八九不离十了！！ [MSC, simp.]
Mùqián yǐ yǒu rén cāi de bājiǔbùlíshí le!! [Pinyin]
At present, there are already people who have almost guessed it!!

Related terms

差不多 (chàbuduō)

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