二十

Chinese

		two	ten
simp. and trad. (二十)		二	十
anagram		十二

Chinese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 二十 (èrshí)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): èrshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): er⁴ si²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): эршы (eršɨ, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁶ sap⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngei⁵ sip⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): eo⁵ siit⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngi-sṳ̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴ seb⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): er³ seh⁵
• Min Bei (KCR): nī-sī
• Min Dong (BUC): nê-sĕk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī-cha̍p / jī-cha̍p / gī-cha̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁶ zab⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): ³nyi-zeq
• Xiang (Wiktionary): e⁵ shr⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrshíh
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-shih²
    • Yale: èr-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyr
    • Palladius: эрши (erši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: er⁴ si²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rs
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɚ²¹³ sz̩²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: эршы (eršɨ, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛɻ⁴⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ sap⁶
    • Yale: yih sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐp̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngei⁵ sip⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡei³² sip̚³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: eo⁵ siit⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵ¹¹ sɨt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-sṳ̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi siib
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ sib⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngi⁴ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁵³ səp̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: er³ seh⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /əɻ⁴⁵ səʔ⁵⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-sī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ si⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nê-sĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡi²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-cha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: lī-tsa̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixzap
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡sap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /li²²⁻¹² t͡sap̚⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /li³¹⁻²² t͡sap̚³⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-cha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: jī-tsa̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixzap
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /d͡ʑi³³⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /d͡ʑi³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-cha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: gī-tsa̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixzap
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ri⁶ zab⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭ tsa̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zi³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³nyi-zeq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²² z̥əʔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: e⁵ shr⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪ^H  d͡ʑiɪp̚/

Rime
Character	二	十
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	侵 (141)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而至切	是執切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪH/	/d͡ʑiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiH/	/d͡ʑip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɪH/	/d͡ʑjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiH/	/d͡ʑip̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiH/	/ʑiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑiH/	/ʑĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑiH/	/ʑi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6	sap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[j]-s  t.[ɡ]əp/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njis  ɡjub/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	二	十
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	èr	shí
Middle Chinese	‹ nyijH ›	‹ dzyip ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[j]-s/	/*t.[ɡ]əp/
English	two	ten
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	二	十
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2824	11452
Phonetic component	二	十
Rime group	脂	緝
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	二	十
Old Chinese	/*njis/	/*ɡjub/

Numeral

二十

1. twenty; 20

Derived terms

• 三七二十一 (sān qī èrshíyī)
• 不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)
• 二十一 (èrshíyī)
• 二十七 (èrshíqī)
• 二十三 (èrshísān)
• 二十九 (èrshíjiǔ)
• 二十二 (èrshí'èr)
• 二十五 (èrshíwǔ)
• 二十五味珊瑚丸 (èrshíwǔwèi shānhú wán)
• 二十五味珍珠丸 (èrshíwǔwèi zhēnzhū wán)
• 二十八 (èrshíbā)
• 二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)

• 二十六 (èrshíliù)
• 二十四 (èrshísì)
• 二十四史 (Èrshísì Shǐ)
• 二十四孝 (Èrshísì Xiào)
• 管他三七二十一 (guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī)
• 一個錢打二十四個結／一个钱打二十四个结
• 一部二十四史，不知從何說起／一部二十四史，不知从何说起
• 不問三七二十一／不问三七二十一
• 二十四時／二十四时
• 二十四橋／二十四桥
• 二十四節氣／二十四节气 (Èrshísì Jiéqì)
• 二十國集團／二十国集团 (Èrshí Guó Jítuán)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: jicap

Adjective

二十

1. twentieth

   二十世紀／二十世纪  ―  èrshí shìjì  ―  the twentieth century

Proper noun

二十

1. (～村) Ershi (a village in Huilong, Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

See also

• 廿 (niàn)

Japanese

Japanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 二十

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
二	十
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
廿

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) に​じゅう [níꜜjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨᵝː]

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Numeral

二(に)十(じゅう) • (nijū) ^{←にじふ (nizifu)?}

1. twenty; 20

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二	十
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spellings
廿 二十歳

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) は​たち [háꜜtàchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ta̠t͡ɕi]

Numeral

二十(はたち) • (hatachi) 

1. twenty; 20

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
二	十
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
廿

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

二十(はた) • (hata) 

1. (obsolete) twenty; 20

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
二	十
ふた Grade: 1	そ Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
二十路

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

二十(ふたそじ) • (futasoji) ^{←ふたそぢ (futasodi)?}

1. twenty; 20

Korean

Hanja in this term
二	十

Numeral

二十 • (isip) (hangeul 이십)

1. Hanja form^? of 이십 (“twenty”).