# 三八
## Chinese

* 三八

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sānbā
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ baat$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-pat
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-pat
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$se-paq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sānbā
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sanba
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$-pa$^1$
*** Yale: sān-bā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanba
*** Palladius: саньба (sanʹba)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$三八 三巴
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ baat$^3$
*** Yale: sāam baat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ baat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ bad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ paːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-pat
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam$^ˊ$ bad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^1$ bad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ pat̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-pat
*** Tâi-lô: sam-pat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sampad
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /sam³³ pat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ pat̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$se-paq
*** MiniDict: se$^平$ pah
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$se-paq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ paʔ²¹/

### Etymology 1

Originally Hokkien before spreading to other Sinitic languages (chiefly Taiwan). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

三八
* (euphemistic, humorous, originally of a woman) Comedically refers to women (originally) who speak and behave irrationally: nosy; gossipy; impetuous; rash; indecent; immodest; shameless; unreasonable; frivolous; unprincipled; foolish; stupid; silly

#### Noun

三八
* (euphemistic, humorous, by extension) Comedically refers to any person who behaves irrationally or frivolously: spiteful or unpleasant woman; bitch; slut

#### Interjection

三八
* (euphemistic, humorous, by extension) how frivolous!; how impetuous!; how irrational!; how unreasonable! (expletive)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 傻, 戇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 傻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哈, 瓜, 寶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 苕, 哈, 嘎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 呆, 木足, 瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 呆, 傻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 戇, 傻, 戇居 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傻, 戇, 戇居 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 傻, 吽, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 戇, 傻, 吽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 傻, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 傻, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傻, 戇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 傻, 戇 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 戇, 傻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 呆愕 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 戇鬼 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 慢, 嚒 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 戇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 傻, 二不楞 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 賴, 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 阿褒 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 戇, 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 戇, 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 戇, 潲面 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 呆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 槌, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 㦙, 白仁, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 㦙, 白仁, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 㦙, 戇, 悇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戇, 傻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 戇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戇, 壽, 糞 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 戇, 壽, 踱 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 戇, 壽, 踱 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 戇, 壽 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 踱 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 呆, 戇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 呆, 憨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 寶, 醒 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哈 |

#### Derived terms

* 三八之
* 三八人
* 三八大獃 / 三八大呆
* 三八期
* 三八查某
* 三八氣 / 三八气
* 三八潲
* 三八猴
* 三八話 / 三八话
* 死三八
* 臭三八

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

三八
* (～節, ～婦女節) 8th of March, International Women's Day

### Etymology 3
#### Proper noun

三八
* (～鎮) Sanba (a former town in Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China)