八卦 baat³ gwaa³ {bā guà}

(adjective) nosy

八卦 baat³ gwaa³ {bā guà}

1. the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經
2. gossip
3. gossipy

八卦公 baat³ gwaa³ gung¹ {bā guà gōng}

man who is nosy and gossips, talks about people behind their back

八卦妹 baat³ gwaa³ mui¹ {bā guà mèi}

a young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper

八卦婆 baat³ gwaa³ po² {bā guà pó}

(slang) a nosy woman

八卦拳 baat³ gwaa³ kyun⁴ {bā guà quán}

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

八卦山 baat³ gwaa³ saan¹ {Bā guà Shān}

Bagua Mountain, Taiwan

八卦陣〔--阵〕 baat³ gwaa³ zan⁶ {bā guà zhèn}

1. lit. battle plan based on the eight trigrams (in legend); fig. a clever plan
2. a fiendishly complicated predicament

八卦掌 baat³ gwaa³ zoeng² {bā guà zhǎng}

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

八卦新聞〔---闻〕 baat³ gwaa³ san¹ man⁴ {bā guà xīn wén}

celebrities news or gossips

八卦雜誌〔--杂志〕 baat³ gwaa³ zaap⁶ zi³ {bā guà zá zhì}

celebrities gossips magazine

八卦週刊〔--周-〕 baat³ gwaa³ zau¹ hon² {bā guà zhōu kān}

celebrity news and gossip magazine