Chinese

Noun

八卦

1. the eight divinatory trigrams of the I Ching
2. gossip

   八卦雜誌 / 八卦杂志  ―  bāguà zázhì  ―  gossip magazine; tabloid magazine

Verb

八卦

1. to gossip

Adjective

八卦

1. prone to gossip

Derived terms

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) はっけ [hàkké] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚ke̞]

Noun

八卦 ‎(hiragana はっけ, romaji hakke)

1. The eight divinatory trigrams of the I Ching.
2. augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams.

Synonyms

• 卜占 (ぼくせん) ‎(bokusen)
• 占卜 (せんぼく) ‎(senboku)
• 占 (うら)ない ‎(uranai), 占 (うらな)い ‎(uranai)
• 占術 (せんじゅつ) ‎(senjutsu)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3