十二

Chinese

		ten	two
simp. and trad. (十二)		十	二
alternative forms		拾貳／拾贰 financial 拾弍 financial; obsolete
anagram		二十

Chinese cardinal numbers

<  11	12	13  >
Cardinal : 十二 (shí'èr)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shí'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si² er⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шыэр (šɨer, I-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap⁶ ji⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sip⁵ ngei⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): siit⁷ eo⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍p-ngi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): seb⁶ ngi⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): seh⁵ er³
• Northern Min (KCR): sí-nī
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕk-nê
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zab⁸ ri⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-gni₆
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shr⁶ e⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-èr
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-êrh⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrell
    • Palladius: шиэр (šier)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si² er⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹ ɚ²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шыэр (šɨer, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ ɛɻ⁴⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ ji⁶
    • Yale: sahp yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jiː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sip⁵ ngei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚³² ᵑɡei³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: siit⁷ eo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɨt̚² ɵ¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍p-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: seb⁶ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /səp̚⁵ ŋi⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: seh⁵ er³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /səʔ⁵⁴⁻² əɻ⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí-nī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴ ni⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕk-nê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ nˡɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zabli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang): /t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² li³³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sap̚³⁵⁻² li³¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sap̚⁵⁴⁻³² li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-jī
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zabji
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡sap̚⁵⁻² d͡zi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² zi³³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻¹ d͡zi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-gī
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zabgi
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zab⁸ ri⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa̍p jĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻² d͡zi³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-gni₆
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 nyi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-nyi₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ n̠ʲi²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zəʔ²² n̠ʲi⁵²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shr⁶ e⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sz̩²⁴ ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: dzyip nyijH

Rime
Character	十	二
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是執切	而至切
Baxter	dzyip	nyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪp̚/	/ȵiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑip̚/	/ȵiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjep̚/	/ȵʑjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑip̚/	/ȵiH/
Li Rong	/ʑiəp̚/	/ȵiH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕp̚/	/ȵʑiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əp̚/	/ȵʑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí	èr
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap6	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.[ɡ]əp  ni[j]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡjub  njis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	十	二
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shí	èr
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyip ›	‹ nyijH ›
Old Chinese	/*t.[ɡ]əp/	/*ni[j]-s/
English	ten	two
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	十	二
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11452	2824
Phonetic component	十	二
Rime group	緝	脂
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	十	二
Old Chinese	/*ɡjub/	/*njis/

Numeral

十二

1. twelve; 12

   十二宵夜  ―  shí'èr xiāoyè  ―  twelve nights

Derived terms

• 十二分 (shí'èrfēn)
• 十二宮 / 十二宫 (shí'èrgōng)
• 十二律 (shí'èrlǜ)
• 十二指腸 / 十二指肠 (shí'èrzhǐcháng)
• 十二支 (shí'èrzhī)
• 十二星座 (shí'èr xīngzuò)
• 十二月 (shí'èryuè)
• 十二月份 (Shí'èryuèfèn)
• 十二枝 (“a kind of lottery”)
• 十二次 (shí'èrcì)
• 十二生相
• 十二生相變透透 / 十二生相变透透
• 十二生肖 (shí'èr shēngxiào)
• 十二點 / 十二点 (shí'èrdiǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (十二):

• → Japanese: 十二(じゅうに) (jūni)
• → Korean: 십이(十二) (sibi)

Japanese

Japanese cardinal numbers

<  11	12	13  >
Cardinal : 十二

Kanji in this term
十	二
じゅう Grade: 1	に Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅうに [jùúníꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːɲ̟i]

Numeral

十(じゅう)二(に) • (jūni) ^{←じふに (zifuni)?}

1. twelve; 12

Coordinate terms

Japanese numbers
Number	Kanji	Kana	Romaji
0	零	れい、ゼロ	rei, zero
1	一、壱、弌、壹	いち	ichi
2	二、弐、貳、貮	に	ni
3	三、参	さん	san
4	四、肆	よん、し	yon, shi
5	五、伍	ご	go
6	六、陸	ろく	roku
7	七、漆	なな、しち	nana, shichi
8	八、捌	はち	hachi
9	九、玖	きゅう、く	kyū, ku
10	十、拾	じゅう	jū
100	百、陌、佰	ひゃく	hyaku
1,000	千、阡、仟	せん	sen
10,000	一万、万、一萬、萬	いちまん、まん	ichiman, man
100,000,000	一億、億	いちおく、おく	ichioku, oku

Korean

Hanja in this term
十	二

Numeral

十二 • (sibi) (hangeul 십이)

1. hanja form^? of 십이 (“twelve”)