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.)

   (coordinate term) 1488

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
• Odia 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

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.

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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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

• 再會／再会 (zàihuì) (polite)
• 再見／再见 (zàijiàn) (polite)
• 別了／别了 (bié le) (farewell)
• 回見／回见 (huíjiàn) (polite)
• 好行 (hou² haang⁴) (Cantonese)
• 慢行 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 慢走 (mànzǒu) (polite)
• 拜哎 (Wu)
• 拜拜 (báibái) (informal)
• 走好 (zǒuhǎo) (polite)

 

Derived terms

• 886, 881, 898