Read Edit View history 王八 wángba brothel owner Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 王八 wángba brothel owner proper name (archaic) the male owner or manager of a brothel 在那部描写旧社会的戏剧中，那个王八的形象被刻画得极坏。 zài nà bù miáoxiě jiù shèhuì de xìjù zhōng, nàgè wángba de xíngxiàng bèi kèhuà de jí huài. In that play depicting the old society, the character of that scoundrel was portrayed as being extremely wicked. cuckold proper name a man whose wife has been unfaithful; a common term of abuse 他被戴了绿帽子，背地里被人笑话是王八。 tā bèi dài le lǜ màozi, bèidìli bèi rén xiàohua shì wángba. He was cheated on and was secretly mocked for being a cuckold. turtle proper name softshell turtle 池塘边有一只晒太阳的王八。 chítáng biān yǒu yī zhī shài tàiyang de wángba. There is a soft-shell turtle sunbathing by the pond. Frequency Movie subtitles 19.4 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 1.74 per million Cross-References Has variant 亡八 wángbāReferenced by 忘八 wàngbā Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
王八 wángba brothel owner proper name (archaic) the male owner or manager of a brothel 在那部描写旧社会的戏剧中，那个王八的形象被刻画得极坏。 zài nà bù miáoxiě jiù shèhuì de xìjù zhōng, nàgè wángba de xíngxiàng bèi kèhuà de jí huài. In that play depicting the old society, the character of that scoundrel was portrayed as being extremely wicked. cuckold proper name a man whose wife has been unfaithful; a common term of abuse 他被戴了绿帽子，背地里被人笑话是王八。 tā bèi dài le lǜ màozi, bèidìli bèi rén xiàohua shì wángba. He was cheated on and was secretly mocked for being a cuckold. turtle proper name softshell turtle 池塘边有一只晒太阳的王八。 chítáng biān yǒu yī zhī shài tàiyang de wángba. There is a soft-shell turtle sunbathing by the pond. Frequency Movie subtitles 19.4 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 1.74 per million Cross-References Has variant 亡八 wángbāReferenced by 忘八 wàngbā Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)