二百五

Chinese

		two	hundred	five
simp. and trad. (二百五)		二	百	五
variant 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
(Pinyin): èrbǎiwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ baak³ ng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èrbǎiwǔ [Phonetic: èrbáiwǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellbaewuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ baak³ ng⁵
  - Yale: yih baak ńgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ baak⁸ ng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ bag³ ng⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²² päːk̚³ ŋ̍¹³/

Noun

二百五

(colloquial, derogatory, slang) stupid person; simpleton

See also

十三點／十三点 (shísāndiǎn)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iça̠kɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

Numeral

二百五 (hiragana にひゃくご, rōmaji nihyaku go)

two hundred and five (205)

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

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