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
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): er4 be2 wu3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji6 baak3 ng5
- Gan (Wiktionary): eo5 bah6 ng3
- Northern Min (KCR): nī-bă-ngù
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi5 ba6 ngou5
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): e5 be6 u3
- 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⁾/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: er4 be2 wu3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rbew
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɚ²¹³ pɛ²¹ vu⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-bă-ngù
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni⁵⁵ pa²⁴ ŋu⁴²/
- (Jian'ou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zi5 ba6 ngou5 [Phonetic: zi5 a4 ngou5]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cī-bā-ngō
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si¹¹ (p-)a¹¹⁻⁴² ŋɔu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zi5 ba6 ngou5 [Phonetic: zi5 wa4 ngou5]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si²¹ (p-)βa²¹⁻⁴² ŋɔu²¹/
- (Putian)
- Xiang
Noun
二百五
- (colloquial, derogatory, slang) stupid person; simpleton
Synonyms
- (Yinchuan Mandarin) 半吊子 (bàndiàozi)
- (Liuzhou Mandarin, Hakka, Pinghua) 兩百五／两百五
See also
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “二百五”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 577.