板板六十四

Chinese

		solemn; money	sixty-four; 64
trad. (板板六十四)		板板	六十四
simp. #(板板六十四)		板板	六十四

Etymology

During Song dynasty, the number of coins that could be produced with one mold was 64 as prescribed by law.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎnbǎn liùshísì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan² baan² luk⁶ sap⁶ sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎnbǎn liùshísì [Phonetic: bánbǎnliùshísì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎnbǎn liòushíhsìh
    • Wade–Giles: pan³-pan³ liu⁴-shih²-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: bǎn-bǎn lyòu-shŕ-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baanbaan liowshyrsyh
    • Palladius: баньбань люшисы (banʹbanʹ ljušisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan² baan² luk⁶ sap⁶ sei³
    • Yale: báan báan luhk sahp sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan² baan² luk⁹ sap⁹ sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban² ban² lug⁶ seb⁶ séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn³⁵ paːn³⁵ lʊk̚² sɐp̚² sei̯³³/

Idiom

板板六十四

1. (regional) unaccommodating; inflexible; hard-nosed