88

Translingual

Etymology 1

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88

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Arabic numerals: from 80 (“the cardinal number eighty”) +‎ 8 (“the cardinal number eight”).

Symbol

88 (previous 87, next 89)

1. The cardinal number eighty-eight.

Etymology 2

Symbol

88

1. (amateur radio, 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

88

2. (neo-Nazism) 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.”

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Derived terms

• 1488

See also

Symbols for eighty-eight in various numeral systems

• Chinese numerals: 捌拾捌, 八十八
• Eastern Arabic numerals: ٨٨
• 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

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Further reading

• “88”, in Hate on Display, Anti-Defamation League, (Can we date this quote?)

English

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88

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Noun

88 (plural 88s)

1. (dated, military) Ellipsis of German 88 (“WWII German 88mm anti-aircraft artillery piece”).

Chinese

Etymology

From 拜拜 (bàibai), from English bye-bye.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibái, bāibái, bàibài, bābā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ, ㄅㄞ ㄅㄞˊ, ㄅㄞˋ ㄅㄞˋ, ㄅㄚ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai¹ baai³

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• 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/
      
  • (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:

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• 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/

Interjection

88

1. (slang, text messaging, Internet slang) bye-bye

Synonyms

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• 再會 / 再会 (zàihuì) (polite)
• 再見 / 再见 (zàijiàn) (polite)
• 別了 / 别了 (bié le) (farewell)
• 回見 / 回见 (huíjiàn) (polite)
• 好行 (hou² haang⁴) (Cantonese)
• 慢行 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 慢走 (mànzǒu) (polite)
• 拜哎 (Wu)
• 拜拜 (báibái) (informal)
• 走好 (zǒuhǎo) (polite)

Derived terms

• 881
• 886
• 898