eight; 8

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Face the palm of one hand inwards with the pinky folded and the remaining four fingers extended. It can also be signaled with the fingertips facing upwards and the palm facing outwards.

Example sentence

He is about 40 years old. When did he start being my apprentice? Maybe when he was 18, 19 or 20. I think he was not 20 yet. (Is he 45 now?) Yes, he is over 40 now. He had not been 20 when he started being my apprentice. He has been my apprentice for a long time and now he is over 40.
Me? I was 38...yes, I was 38 at that time. Me? Do I have 3 kids? Oh, do you mean when I started practicing Tai Chi? I think I was around 38 at that time, instead of 40. I was just like you. Our age? I am 77 and he is 84. We have a 7 year age gap.
Our house collapsed in that earthquake. I wasn’t here at that time because I went to Chiayi. I went to Chiayi around 6 o’clock to buy things like shoe soles and shoe oil. I drove to Chiayi and when it was around 8 o'clock, the earthquake happened and some buildings had collapsed. So I returned home immediately.
It was long time ago./It has been a long time. The earthquake happened in 1964. Let me use the calculator. Oh, it was 44 years ago.
I was hired by another store after that. After 6 years, when I was 28, I started my own business. I started my own business and tried to expand it day by day.

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