二に八はち

Chinese

	two	eight
trad. (二に八はち)	二に	八はち
simp. ^#(二に八はち)	二に	八はち
Literally: “two eights”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrbā

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄅㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ baat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrbā
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrba
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-pa¹
  - Yale: èr-bā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellba
  - Palladius: эрба (erba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ baat³
  - Yale: yih baat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ baat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ bad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² paːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: nyijH peat

Rime
Character	二に	八はち
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	日ひ (38)	幫 (1)
Final (韻いん)	脂あぶら (15)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調しらべ)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	II
Fanqie	而至いたり切きり	博ひろし拔切きり
Baxter	nyijH	peat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪ^H/	/pˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵi^H/	/pᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɪ^H/	/pæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵi^H/	/pəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ȵi^H/	/pɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑi^H/	/pæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi^H/	/pat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr	ba
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁶	baat³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[j]-s pˤret/

(Zhengzhang): /*njis preːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	二に	八はち
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	èr	bā
Middle Chinese	‹ nyij^H ›	‹ pɛt ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[j]-s/	/*pˁret/
English	two	eight
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	二に	八はち
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2824	89
Phonetic component	二に	八はち
Rime group	脂あぶら	月つき
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	二に	八はち
Old Chinese	/*njis/	/*preːd/

Numeral

二に八はち

(literary) sixteen
- 有ゆう神人しんじん二に八はち，連れん臂ひじ，為ため帝みかど司つかさ夜よる於此野の。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  有ゆう神人しんじん二に八はち，连臂ひじ，为帝みかど司つかさ夜よる于此野の。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas
  Yǒu shénrén èrbā, lián bì, wèi Dì sīyè yú cǐ yě. [Pinyin]
  There are sixteen gods, arm to arm, who guard the night in this field for [the deity] Di.
- 二に八はち齊ひとし容よう，起おこり鄭てい舞まい些。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  二に八はち齐容よう，起おこり郑舞まい些。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Èrbā qí róng, qǐ Zhèng wǔ xiē. [Pinyin]
  Sixteen women dressed alike rise to dance to the music of Zheng.
- 且以色いろ論ろん之これ，良家りょうけ子女しじょ二に八はち靑春せいしゅん有ゆう之これ，綢縷捲めく簾すだれ之これ間あいだ娼妓しょうぎ少しょう婦ふ有ゆう之これ，靑山あおやま白水しろうず寡婦かふ之これ類るい有ゆう之これ，何なに必奪だつ有ゆう夫おっと之これ女おんな乎？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 《義興よしおき人じん失しつ其妻於本郡ぐん冊さつ方かた爲ため定てい訴於本ほん君くん》("A man of Uiheung, having lost his wife to a clerk of his county, raises complaint to the county") by Kim Byeong'yeon (金きむ炳淵), 1800s
  Cha i saeng non ji, yangga janyeo ipal cheongchun yu ji, ju ru gwol lyeom ji gan changgi sobu yu ji, cheongsan baeksu gwabu ji ryu yu ji, hapil tal yu bu ji nyeo ho? [Sino-Korean]
  Moreover, if we are to speak of sex, there are sixteen-year-old maidens among the children of good families; there are young prostitutes rolling up screens of silken thread; there are widows living by green hills and clear waters; why should he have had to seize a married woman?

Synonyms

十じゅう六ろく (shíliù)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二に八はち):

→ Japanese: 二に八はち(にはち) (nihachi)
→ Korean: 이팔(二に八はち) (ipal)