wáng ba

王八 (wáng ba) is a Chinese word meaning “softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel”.

Meanings

  1. 1softshell turtle
  2. 2cuckold
  3. 3(old) male owner of a brothel

Characters in 王八

王wáng · king or monarch八bā · eight

Related words

八eight王king or monarch王(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)王surname Wang国王king女王queen王子prince胡说八道to talk rubbish八卦the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]乱七八糟(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled王国kingdom王后queen

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