88
Translingual
Etymology 1
Arabic numerals: from 80 (“the cardinal number eighty”) + 8 (“the cardinal number eight”)Category:Translingual compound terms#88.
Symbol
88 (previous 87, next 89)Category:Translingual lemmas#88Category:Translingual numeral symbols#88Category:Translingual terms spelled with numbers#88Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#88Category:Pages with entries#88Category:Pages with 3 entries#88
- The cardinal number eighty-eight.
Etymology 2
Symbol
88Category:Translingual lemmas#88Category:Translingual symbols#88Category:Translingual terms spelled with numbers#88Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#88Category:Pages with entries#88Category:Pages with 3 entries#88
- (amateur radioCategory:mul:Amateur radio#88, Morse code) An informal way to end a transition to a loved one: "love"; "hugs and kisses".
Etymology 3
From HH, an abbreviation of Heil Hitler with the letters replaced by their numerical position in the alphabet.
Symbol
88Category:Translingual lemmas#88Category:Translingual symbols#88Category:Translingual terms spelled with numbers#88Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#88Category:Pages with entries#88Category:Pages with 3 entries#88
- (neo-NazismCategory:mul:Neo-Nazism#88) Used to signify Heil Hitler.
- 2025 May 23, Charlie Warzel, “What Are People Still Doing on X?”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic (in English), Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 15 June 2025:
- The couple set their funding goal at $88,000—a reference, almost assuredly, to “88,” a neo-Nazi code for “Heil Hitler.”Category:Translingual terms with quotations#88
Derived terms
See also
- Chinese numerals: 捌拾捌, 八十八
- Eastern Arabic numerals: ٨٨Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#88
- Tibetan numerals: ༨༨
- Hindi numerals: ८८
- Gujarati numerals: ૮૮
- Gurmukhi numerals: ੮੮
- Bengali numerals: ৮৮
- Odia numerals: ୮୮
- Telugu numerals: ౮౮
- Kannada numerals: ೮೮
- Malayalam numerals: ൮൮
- Tamil numerals: ௮௰௮
- Khmer numerals: ៨៨
- Thai numerals: ๘๘
- Lao numerals: ໘໘
- Myanmar numerals: ၈၈
- Amharic numerals: ፰፲፰
- Mongolian numerals: ᠘᠘
- Limbu numerals: ᥎᥎
Further reading
- “88”, in Hate on Display, Anti-Defamation League, (Can we date this quote?)
English
Noun
88 (plural 88s)Category:English lemmas#88Category:English nouns#88Category:English countable nouns#88Category:English words spelled without vowels#88Category:English terms spelled with numbers#88Category:English entries with incorrect language header#88Category:Pages with entries#88Category:Pages with 3 entries#88
- (datedCategory:English dated terms#88, militaryCategory:en:Military#88) Ellipsis of German 88 (“WWII German 88mm anti-aircraft artillery piece”)Category:English ellipses#88.
Chinese
Etymology
From 拜拜 (bàibai), from EnglishCategory:Chinese terms derived from English#88 bye-bye.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: báibái
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báibái
- Wade–Giles: pai2-pai2
- Yale: bái-bái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbair
- Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bāibái
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: baibái
- Wade–Giles: pai1-pai2
- Yale: bāi-bái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baibair
- Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/Category:Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations#báibái
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bàibài
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bàibài
- Wade–Giles: pai4-pai4
- Yale: bài-bài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baybay
- Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: bābā
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: baba
- Wade–Giles: pa1-pa1
- Yale: bā-bā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baba
- Palladius: баба (baba)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
巴巴
粑粑Category:Mandarin terms with homophones
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baai1 baai3
- Yale: bāai baai
- Cantonese Pinyin: baai1 baai3
- Guangdong Romanization: bai1 bai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːi̯⁵⁵ paːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Interjection
88Category:Chinese lemmas#88Category:Chinese interjections#88Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#88Category:Pages with entries#88Category:Pages with 3 entries#88
- (slangCategory:Chinese slang#88, text messagingCategory:Chinese text messaging slang#88, Internet slangCategory:Chinese internet slang#88) bye-bye