八三夭

Bāsānyāo

proper noun

Meanings

1 831 / Ba San Yao (Taiwanese pop-rock band formed 2001)

Characters

(used here for 1 / 幺)

Examples

HSK 4

《想见你想见你想见你》是八三夭为电视剧《想见你》唱的歌。

《 Xiǎngjiàn nǐ xiǎngjiàn nǐ xiǎngjiàn nǐ 》 shì Bāsānyāo wèi diànshìjù 《 Xiǎngjiàn nǐ 》 chàng de gē.

'Want To See You, Want To See You, Want To See You' is the song 831 sang for the TV drama 'Someday or One Day'.

HSK 5

八三夭的现场非常热闹。

Bāsānyāo de xiànchǎng fēicháng rènao.

831's live shows are very lively.

Tips

culture

Formed 2001 in Taipei. Five-piece pop-rock band: 阿璞 (Pu, vocals), 刘逼 (Liu, guitar), 小橘 (Xiao-Ju, guitar), 霸天 (Ba-Tian, bass), 阿电 (A-Dian, drums). 八三夭 is a phonetic spelling of BSY (their romanized initials, pronounced like 'bā sān yāo' on the phone). 《想见你想见你想见你》 (2019) exploded as the theme of hit time-loop drama 《想见你》.

usage

When Taiwanese speakers read phone numbers, 1 is commonly read 幺 (yāo) - 八三夭 is essentially '8-3-1' spoken aloud.

In Pop Culture

想见你想见你想见你 Xiǎngjiàn Nǐ Xiǎngjiàn Nǐ Xiǎngjiàn Nǐ

Want To See You, Want To See You, Want To See You

Theme song of the 2019 Taiwanese time-loop drama 《想见你》 (Someday Or One Day), a pan-Asian streaming hit.

Stroke Order

八 bā

三 sān

夭 yāo