五二零

Chinese

		five	two	remnant; zero; to fall
trad. (五二零)		五	二	零
simp. #(五二零)		五	二	零
alternative forms		520

Etymology

From 我愛你／我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ) while substituting numbers of similar sounds when pronouncing in Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ'èrlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄦˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ ji⁶ ling⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ng ⁶gni ⁶lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ'èrlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄦˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ-èrlíng
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-êrh⁴-ling²
    • Yale: wǔ-èr-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuellling
    • Palladius: уэрлин (uerlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ ji⁶ ling⁴
    • Yale: ńgh yih lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ ji⁶ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yi⁶ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jiː²² lɪŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ng ⁶gni ⁶lin
    • MiniDict: ng^去 nyi^去 lin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhngg ³nyi ³lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋ̍²³ n̠ʲi²³ lin²³/

Note: tone sandhi can be applied between any words.

Phrase

五二零

1. (Internet slang) I love you