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bagua

bagua noun: the eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.

Noun

bagua pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.

Proper noun capitalized: Bagua

Bagua

  1. A barangay of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.

bagua meaning in Vietnamese

bagua in Vietnamese

the eight trigrams of the I Ching
bát quái

Origin of bagua

Borrowed from Mandarin 八卦 (bāguà).

Questions about bagua

What does bagua mean?
Bagua means the eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
What is bagua in Vietnamese?
Bagua in Vietnamese is bát quái. See Bagua meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is bagua?
Bagua can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near bagua in the dictionary

  1. Bagthorpe
  2. Bagthorpe with Barmer
  3. bagtikan
  4. bagtikans
  5. Bagu
  6. bagua
  7. baguala
  8. baguazhang
  9. bague
  10. bagues
  11. baguet

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