88

88

Translingual

Symbol

88 (previous 87, next 89)

1. the number eighty-eight
2. amateur radio abbreviation for "love (or hugs) and kisses".
3. (neo-Nazism) Heil Hitler! (H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.)

See also

Symbols for eighty-eight in various numeral systems

• Chinese numerals: 捌拾捌, 八十八
• Eastern Arabic numerals: ٨٨‎
• Tibetan numerals: ༨༨
• Hindi numerals: ८८
• Gujarati numerals: ૮૮
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੮੮
• Bengali numerals: ৮৮
• Oriya numerals: ୮୮
• Telugu numerals: ౮౮
• Kannada numerals: ೮೮
• Malayalam numerals: ൮൮
• Tamil numerals: ௮௰௮
• Khmer numerals: ៨៨
• Thai numerals: ๘๘
• Lao numerals: ໘໘
• Myanmar numerals: ၈၈
• Amharic numerals: ፰፲፰
• Mongolian numerals: ᠘᠘
• Limbu numerals: ᥎᥎

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Further reading

• 88 (number) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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English

Noun

88 (plural 88s)

1. (dated, military) Ellipsis of German 88.: A WWII German 88mm anti-aircraft artillery piece.

Symbol

88

1. (telecommunications) Love and kisses.

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Chinese

Etymology

From 拜拜 (bàibai), from English bye-bye.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibái, bāibái, bàibài, bābā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ, ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞˊ, ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ, ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai¹ baai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibái
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pai²
    • Yale: bái-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbair
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baibái
    • Wade–Giles: pai¹-pai²
    • Yale: bāi-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baibair
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàibài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàibài
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-pai⁴
    • Yale: bài-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baybay
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bābā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baba
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pa¹
    • Yale: bā-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baba
    • Palladius: баба (baba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai¹ baai³
    • Yale: bāai baai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai¹ baai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai¹ bai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯⁵⁵ paːi̯³³/

Interjection

88

1. (slang, text messaging, Internet slang) bye-bye

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 88

別了／别了 (bié le) (farewell) 好行 (Cantonese) 慢行 (mànxíng) (Min Nan) 慢走 (mànzǒu) (polite) 拜哎 (Wu)

拜拜 (báibái) (informal) 走好 (zǒuhǎo) (polite) 再會／再会 (zàihuì) (polite) 再見／再见 (zàijiàn) (polite) 回見／回见 (huíjiàn) (polite)

Derived terms

• 886, 881, 898