二十三

Chinese

		twenty; 20; twentieth	three
simp. and trad. (二十三)		二十	三
alternative forms		貳拾參／贰拾参 financial 弍拾弎 financial; obsolete

Chinese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 二十三 (èrshísān)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): èrshísān

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄙㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): er⁴ si² san¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): эршысан (eršɨsan, III-I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sap⁶ saam¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngi-sṳ̍p-sâm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴ seb⁶ sam¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): nê-sĕk-săng
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁶ zab⁸ san¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gni-zeq-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrshísān
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrshíhsan
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-shih²-san¹
    • Yale: èr-shŕ-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyrsan
    • Palladius: эршисань (eršisanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ sän⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: er⁴ si² san¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rssan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɚ²¹³ sz̩²¹ san⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: эршысан (eršɨsan, III-I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛɻ⁴⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴ sæ̃²⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ sap⁶ saam¹
    • Yale: yih sahp sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sap⁹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ seb⁶ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐp̚² saːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-sṳ̍p-sâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi siib sam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ sib⁶ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ sam²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngi⁴ seb⁶ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵³ səp̚⁵ sam⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nê-sĕk-săng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡi²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ saŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-cha̍p-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lī-tsa̍p-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixzabsvaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² sã³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /li²²⁻¹² t͡sap̚⁵⁴⁻³² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /li³¹⁻²² t͡sap̚³⁵⁻² sã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-cha̍p-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jī-tsa̍p-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixzabsvaf
    • IPA (Yilan): /d͡zi³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁵⁻² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /d͡zi³³⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻¹ sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² sã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-cha̍p-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: gī-tsa̍p-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixzabsvaf
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ri⁶ zab⁸ san¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭ tsa̍p saⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zi³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻² sã³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-zeq-se
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 zeh se
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-zeq-se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² zəʔ⁵⁵ se²¹/

Numeral

二十三

1. twenty-three; 23

Synonyms

• 廿三 (niànsān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二十三):

• → Japanese: 二十三(にじゅうさん) (nijūsan)
• → Korean: 이십삼(二十三) (isipsam)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	十	三
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	さん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Japanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 二十三

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨᵝːsã̠ɴ]

Numeral

二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん) • (nijūsan) 

1. twenty-three; 23

Korean

Hanja in this term
二	十	三

Numeral

二十三 • (isipsam) (hangeul 이십삼)

1. Hanja form^? of 이십삼 (“twenty-three”).