Bazi

B3A1Z10I1

noun

A Chinese form of astrology that interprets a person's destiny based on their time of birth and other details.

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Meanings

Bazi1

nounBazi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of BaZi

BaZi2

nounBaZi (uncountable)

alternative Bazi

  1. uncountableastrologyA Chinese form of astrology that interprets a person's destiny based on their time of birth and other details.

    Today, however, there is DeepSeek, the homegrown AI model whose sympathetic use of the Chinese language has proved surprisingly adept at BaZi—a form of astrology that uses a person's birth time and other details to determine the balance of five elements and other aspects of their destiny.

    2025 July 24, Joe Leahy, “DeepSeek is decoding Chinese destiny”, in Financial Times, page 16

Origin

  1. Chinese八字“eight characters [indicating year, month, etc.]”
  2. EnglishBaZi

Borrowed from Chinese 八字 (bāzì, “eight characters [indicating year, month, etc.]”).

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APA

Bazi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bazi

MLA

“Bazi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bazi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bazi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bazi.

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