二百五

Chinese

		two	hundred	five
simp. and trad. (二百五)		二	百	五
alternative forms		250
Literally: “two hundred and fifty”.

Etymology

From 二百五兩/二百五两 (“250 taels”), equivalent to 半封 (bàn fēng, “half feng”), which is homophonous to 半瘋／半疯 (bànfēng, “crazy person”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrbǎiwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ baak³ ng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrbǎiwǔ [Phonetic: èrbáiwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrbǎiwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-pai³-wu³
    • Yale: èr-bǎi-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellbaewuu
    • Palladius: эрбайу (erbaju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ baak³ ng⁵
    • Yale: yih baak ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ baak⁸ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ bag³ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² paːk̚³ ŋ̍¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 二百五

1. (colloquial, derogatory, slang) stupid person; simpleton

See also

• 十三點／十三点 (shísāndiǎn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	百	五
に Grade: 1	ひゃく Grade: 1	ご Grade: 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iça̠kɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

Numeral

二(に)百(ひゃく)五(ご) or 二百五(numeral) • (nihyaku go or numeral) [[Category:Japanese
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1. two hundred and five (205)

• Arabic numerals: 205
• Roman numerals: CCV
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