廿一

Chinese

		twenty	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (廿一)		廿	一

Chinese cardinal numbers

<  20	21	22  >
Cardinal : 廿一 (niànyī)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niànyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁶ jat¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jia̍p-it / lia̍p-it

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niànyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niànyi
    • Wade–Giles: nien⁴-i¹
    • Yale: nyàn-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianni
    • Palladius: няньи (njanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jaa⁶ jat¹
    • Yale: yah yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁶ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ya⁶ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː²² jɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jia̍p-it
    • Tâi-lô: jia̍p-it
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiab'id
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziap̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ it̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍p-it
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍p-it
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liab'id
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liap̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚²⁴⁻² it̚⁵/

Numeral

1. twenty-one; 21

Synonyms

• 二十一 (èrshíyī)