二十

Chinese

		two	ten
simp. and trad. (二十)		二	十
alternative forms		貳拾／贰拾 financial 弍拾 financial; obsolete
anagram		十二

Chinese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 二十 (èrshí)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): èrshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): er⁴ si²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): ērshi

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): ērshii / ērshii̊

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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁶ sap⁶

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): ji³ sok⁸

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngei⁵ sip⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): eo⁵ siit⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngi-sṳ̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴ seb⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): er³ seh⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): nī-sī
• Eastern Min (BUC): nê-sĕk
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁶ zab⁸

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): nji⁶ sap⁶
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gher-seq₇ / ⁶gni-seq₇ / ³er-zeq₈
• Xiang

  (Changsha, Wiktionary): e⁵ shr⁶

  (Loudi, Wiktionary): eu⁵ xi^2-1

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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/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: ērshi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ər⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: ērshii / ērshii̊ [Phonetic: èrshii̊]
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): er⁴ shii⁰ / er⁴ shii⁵ [Phonetic: er¹ shii⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ər⁴⁴ ʂʐ̩/, /ər⁴⁴⁻⁴² ʂʐ̩⁵/
  • (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/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: ji³ sok⁸
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /zi³² sɔk̚²²/
  • (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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-sṳ̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi siib
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ sib⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngi⁴ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵³ səp̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: er³ seh⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /əɻ⁴⁵ səʔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-sī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ si⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nê-sĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡi²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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 (Yilan): /d͡zi³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /d͡zi³³⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚¹²¹/
  • (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/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: nji⁶ sap⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɲi²² səp̚²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gher-seq₇
    • MiniDict: r^去 seh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hher-seq₄
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəl²² səʔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɦəl²⁴ səʔ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦəl²³ səʔ¹¹/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-seq₇
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 seh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /n̠ʲi²⁴ səʔ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲi²³ səʔ¹¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³er-zeq₈
    • MiniDict: 'r^上 zeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /əl⁵⁵ zəʔ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: e⁵ shr⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ sz̩²⁴/
  • (Loudi)
    • Wiktionary: eu⁵ xi^2-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɤ¹¹ ɕi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyijH dzyip

Rime
Character	二	十
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而至切	是執切
Baxter	nyijH	dzyip
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/
Bernhard 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

• 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
• 三七二十一 (sān qī èrshíyī)
• 不問三七二十一／不问三七二十一
• 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)
• 二十五味珍珠丸 (èrshíwǔwèi zhēnzhū wán)
• 二十五味珊瑚丸 (èrshíwǔwèi shānhú 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)
• 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)
• 管他三七二十一 (guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī)

 

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

• (Tokyo) にじゅう [níꜜjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨː]

• Audio:

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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

• (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

Believed to be cognate with 果(は)て (hate, “end”), with 20 signifying the "limit" of one person's counting ability using two feet and two hands. Already in declining use by the Heian period in favour of 二十(にじゅう) (nijū). Note also Ainu ホッ (hot, “twenty”).

(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”)