五十六

Chinese

		fifty; 50	six
simp. and trad. (五十六)		五十	六
alternative forms		伍拾陸／伍拾陆 financial
anagram		六十五

Chinese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 五十六 (wǔshíliù)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔshíliù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ sap⁶ luk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gō͘-cha̍p-la̍k / gǒ͘-cha̍p-la̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔshíliù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔshíhliòu
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-shih²-liu⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-shŕ-lyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyrliow
    • Palladius: ушилю (ušilju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ sap⁶ luk⁶
    • Yale: ńgh sahp luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ sap⁹ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ seb⁶ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ sɐp̚² lʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-cha̍p-la̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gōo-tsa̍p-la̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxzablak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² lak̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gǒ͘-cha̍p-la̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gǒo-tsa̍p-la̍k
    • IPA (Philippines): /ɡɔ³³⁻²² t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² lak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²² t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² lak̚²⁴/

Numeral

五十六

1. fifty-six; 56

Japanese

Japanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 五十六

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
五	十	六
ご Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	ろく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごじゅう・ろく [gòjúꜜùròkúꜜ] (Nakadaka + Odaka – [2]-[2])

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ʑɨːɾo̞kɯ̟]

Numeral

五(ご)十(じゅう)六(ろく) • (gojūroku) 

1. fifty-six; 56

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
五	十	六
い Grade: 1	そ Grade: 1	ろく Grade: 1
kun'yomi		goon

From 五十 (iso, “fifty, 50”, kun'yomi or native Japanese reading) +‎ 六 (roku, “six, 6”, on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iso̞ɾo̞kɯ̟]

Numeral

五(い)十(そ)六(ろく) • (isoroku) 

1. (archaic) fifty-six; 56

Proper noun

五(い)十(そ)六(ろく) • (Isoroku) 

1. (rare) a male given name