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)

  (Pinyin): èrbǎiwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˇ

  (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

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• 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/
• 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/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: eo⁵ bah⁶ ng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵ¹¹ paʔ⁵ ŋ̍²¹³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-bă-ngù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ pa²⁴ ŋu⁴²/
• 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/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: e⁵ be⁶ u³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ pɤ̞²⁴ u⁴¹/

Noun

二百五

1. (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

• 十三點／十三点 (shísāndiǎn)

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.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	百	五
に Grade: 1	ひゃく Grade: 1	ご Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iça̠kɯ̟ɡo̞]

Numeral

二(に)百(ひゃく)五(ご) • (nihyaku go) 

1. two hundred and five (205)

• Arabic numerals: 205
• Roman numerals: CCV
  • Last: 二百四, 204
  • Next: 二百六, 206