| 八月 | Bā yuè | August / eighth month (of the lunar year) |   |
| 八月份 | bā yuè fèn | August | |
| 威严 | wēi yán | dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity | |
| 威重 | wēi zhòng | august / majestic | |
| 霍夫曼 | Huò fū màn | Hofmann or Hoffman (name) / August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist / Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor | |
| 立秋 | Lì qiū | Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 7th-22nd August | |
| 尊容 | zūn róng | august countenance / your face (usually mocking) | |
| 三伏 | sān fú | the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August | |
| 大暑 | Dà shǔ | Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 23rd July-6th August | |
| 花朝月夕 | huā zhāo yuè xī | a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August | |
| 南昌起义 | Nán chāng Qǐ yì | Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War | |
| 八一五 | bā yī wǔ | 15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945) | |
| 八二三炮战 | bā èr sān pào zhàn | bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | |
| 八月之光 | Bā yuè zhī Guāng | Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · / Fu2 ke4 na4]) | |
| 月夕 | yuè xī | Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August | |
| 末伏 | mò fú | the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August | |
| 终战日 | zhōng zhàn rì | armistice day / cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 | |
| 解放日 | Jiě fàng rì | Liberation Day / cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea | |
| 福禄贝尔 | Fú lù bèi ěr | surname Fröbel or Froebel / Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852), German pedagogue | |
| 第一议定书 | dì yī yì dìng shū | Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts / Protocol I | |
| 第三议定书 | dì sān yì dìng shū | Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem / Protocol III | |
| 维斯比规则 | | Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading of 25 August 1924 / Visby Rules | |
| 八月行动计划 | | August Plan of Action | |
| 第二议定书 | | Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts / Protocol II | |
