八家將

八家將

Chinese

		eight	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (八家將)		八	家	將
simp. (八家将)		八	家	将

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bājiājiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Min Nan (POJ): Pat-ka-chiòng / Pat-ka-chiàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bājiājiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajiajiàng
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chia¹-chiang⁴
    • Yale: bā-jyā-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajiajianq
    • Palladius: бацзяцзян (baczjaczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pat-ka-chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: Pat-ka-tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patkacioxng
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pat-ka-chiàng
    • Tâi-lô: Pat-ka-tsiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patkaciaxng

Noun

八家將

1. (Taiwan) Ba-Jia-Jiang (a kind of religious activity related to eight deities in the hell)
2. (Taiwan, neologism, Internet slang, derogatory) gangsters, often associated with a stereotype of having little education and operating within secret societies and street gangs (similar to Ah Beng in Singapore and Malaysia)

Usage notes

• The second sense is usually written as 巴嘎囧, 八嘎囧 or even 8+9 on the Internet.