九十九

Chinese

		ninety; 90	nine
simp. and trad. (九十九)		九十	九
alternative forms		玖拾玖 financial

Chinese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 九十九 (jiǔshíjiǔ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiǔshíjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiu³ si² jiu³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җюшыҗю (ži͡ušɨži͡u, II-I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² sap⁶ gau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiú-sṳ̍p-kiú
• Eastern Min (BUC): gāu-sĕk-gāu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): káu-cha̍p-káu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao² zab⁸ gao²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cieu-zeq-cieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔshíjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒushíhjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-shih²-chiu³
    • Yale: jyǒu-shŕ-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoushyrjeou
    • Palladius: цзюшицзю (czjušiczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jiu³ si² jiu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giusgiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiəu⁵³ sz̩²¹ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җюшыҗю (ži͡ušɨži͡u, II-I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiou⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡ɕiou⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² sap⁶ gau²
    • Yale: gáu sahp gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² sap⁹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² seb⁶ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ sɐp̚² kɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-sṳ̍p-kiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu^ˋ siib giu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu³ sib⁶ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u³¹ sɨp̚⁵ ki̯u³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāu-sĕk-gāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻³⁵ ^(s-)lɛiʔ⁵⁻³³ kau³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-cha̍p-káu
    • Tâi-lô: káu-tsa̍p-káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kawzabkao
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² kau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao² zab⁸ gao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káu tsa̍p káu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sap̚⁴⁻² kau⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cieu-zeq-cieu
    • MiniDict: cieu^去 zeh cieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu-zeq-jieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ zəʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɤ²¹/

Numeral

九十九

1. ninety-nine; 99

Derived terms

• 飯後百步走，活到九十九／饭后百步走，活到九十九 (fànhòubǎibùzǒu, huódàojiǔshíjiǔ)