八家將

Chinese

eight
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready
a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (八家將)
simp. (八家将)

Pronunciation


Noun

八家將

  1. (Taiwan) Ba-Jia-Jiang (a kind of religious activity related to eight deities in the hell)
  2. (Taiwan, neologism, Internet slang, derogatory) gangsters, often associated with a stereotype of having little education and operating within secret societies and street gangs (similar to Ah Beng in Singapore and Malaysia)
    alt. forms: 巴嘎囧, 八嘎囧, 8+9
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