| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 八十 | bā shí | eighty; 80 |
| 八路军 | bā lù jūn | the Eighth Route Army |
| 八旗 | bā qí | Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 后金 from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty |
| 八字 | bā zì | the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling |
| 八成 | bā chéng | eighty percent; most probably; most likely |
| 八国联军 | Bā Guó Lián jūn | Eight-Nation Alliance |
| 八边形 | bā biān xíng | octagon |
| 八角 | bā jiǎo | anise; star anise; aniseed; octagonal |
| 八宝 | bā bǎo | eight treasures |
| 八股 | bā gǔ | an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing |
| 八分音符 | bā fēn yīn fú | quaver; eighth note |
| 八方 | bā fāng | the eight points of the compass; all directions |
| 八仙桌 | bā xiān zhuō | old fashioned square table to seat eight people |
| 八一五 | bā yī wǔ | 15th August; refers to Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 八九不离十 | bā jiǔ bù lí shí | pretty close; very near; about right |
| 八二三炮战 | bā èr sān pào zhàn | bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis |
| 八仙 | Bā Xiān | the Eight Immortals |
| 八位元 | bā wèi yuán | 8-bit (computing) |
| 八佰伴 | Bā bǎi bàn | Yaohan retail group |
| 八倍体 | bā bèi tǐ | octoploid |
| 八八六 | bā bā liù | Bye bye! (in chat room and text messages) |
| 八公山 | Bā gōng shān | Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市, Anhui |
| 八公山区 | Bā gōng shān qū | Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市, Anhui |
| 八分之一 | bā fēn zhī yī | one eighth |
| 八十天环游地球 | Bā shí tiān huán yóu dì qiú | Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒・凡尔纳[Ru2 le4 · Fan2 er3 na4] |
| 八卦 | bā guà | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; to gossip |
| 八卦拳 | bā guà quán | baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing) |
| 八卦掌 | bā guà zhǎng | baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing) |
| 八卦阵 | bā guà zhèn | lit. battle plan based on the eight trigrams (in legend); fig. a clever plan; a fiendishly complicated predicament |
| 八哥 | bā gē | crested mynah bird (Acridotheres cristatellus) |
| 八哥儿 | bā gēr | crested mynah bird (Acridotheres cristatellus) |
| 八哥狗 | bā gē gǒu | pug (breed of dog) |
| 八块腹肌 | bā kuài fù jī | six pack (abdominal muscles) |
| 八大工业国组织 | bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī | G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations) |
| 八天 | bā tiān | eight-day; eight days |
| 八婆 | bā pó | meddling woman; nosy parker (Cantonese) |
| 八字形 | bā zì xíng | shape resembling the character 八 or 8; V-shape; splayed; figure of eight |
| 八字方针 | bā zì fāng zhēn | policy expressed in eight characters, e.g. 巩固、深化、提高、发展 "Consolidate, deepen, enhance and grow"; eight-character policy |
| 八字步 | bā zì bù | step with feet splayed outwards |
| 八字没一撇 | bā zì méi yī piě | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet |
| 八字眉 | bā zì méi | sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight" |
| 八字脚 | bā zì jiǎo | splayfoot |
| 八字还没一撇 | bā zì hái méi yī piě | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet |
| 八字还没一撇儿 | bā zì hái méi yī piěr | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet |
| 八字胡 | bā zì hú | mustache shaped like character 八 |
| 八字胡须 | bā zì hú xū | mustache shaped like character 八 |
| 八宿 | Bā sù | Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地区, Tibet |
| 八宿县 | Bā sù xiàn | Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地区, Tibet |
| 八宝山 | Bā bǎo shān | Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing |
