二五仔

Chinese

		two	five	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (二五仔)		二	五	仔
alternative forms		25仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrwǔzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄨˇ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ ng⁵ zai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrwǔzǎi [Phonetic: èrwúzǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄨˇ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrwǔzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-wu³-tsai³
    • Yale: èr-wǔ-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellwuutzae
    • Palladius: эруцзай (eruczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ ng⁵ zai²
    • Yale: yih ńgh jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ ng⁵ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ ng⁵ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

二五仔

1. (chiefly Cantonese) rat; traitor
   • 2002 December 12, Alan Mak, Felix Chong, 無間道 [Infernal Affairs], spoken by 黃志誠 [SP Wong Chi Shing] (Anthony Wong), Media Asia Entertainment Group, Basic Pictures:

     你廿五號生日吖嘛，二五仔！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     你廿五号生日吖嘛，二五仔！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ jaa⁶ ng⁵ hou⁶ saang¹ jat⁶ a¹ maa³, ji⁶ ng⁵ zai²! [Jyutping]

     Your birthday is on the 25th day, traitor!

See also

• 二五眼 (èrwǔyǎn)