Chinese edit

five ten
simp. and trad.
(五十)
anagram 十五
Chinese cardinal numbers
 <  49 50 51  > 
    Cardinal : 五十 (wǔshí)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (25)
Final () (23) (141)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter nguX dzyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuoX/ /d͡ʑiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuoX/ /d͡ʑip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋoX/ /d͡ʑjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɔX/ /d͡ʑip̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋoX/ /ʑiəp̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋuX/ /ʑĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋuoX/ /ʑi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ng5 sap6

Numeral edit

五十

  1. fifty; 50

Synonyms edit

  • (chiefly years of age) 半百 (bànbǎi)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (五十):
  • Japanese: 五十(ごじゅう) (gojū)
  • Korean: 오십(五十) (osip)

Japanese edit

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  49 50 51  > 
    Cardinal : 五十

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
じゅう
Grade: 1
goon

/ɡoʑipu//ɡoʑifu//ɡoʑɨu//ɡoʑuː/

From Middle Chinese compound 五十 (MC nguX dzyip).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

()(じゅう) (gojūごじふ (gozifu)?

  1. fifty, 50
Derived terms edit
Proverbs edit

Noun edit

()(じゅう) (gojūごじふ (gozifu)?

  1. a fifty-year-old

Proper noun edit

()(じゅう) (Gojūごじふ (gozifu)?

  1. Short for 五十蔵 (Gojūzō): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

⟨i so1 → */isʷo//iso/

Compound of Old Japanese elements () (i, five, combining form) + () (so, ten).

Numeral edit

()() (iso

  1. fifty, 50
    • 10th century, Kokin Waka Rokujō (book 1, volume 2, poem 725)
      (いは)(うへ)(まつ)(こすゑ)()(ゆき)いそかへり()(のち)までも()
      iwa no ue ni matsu no kozue ni furu yuku wa isokaeri fure nochi made mo min
      (please add an English translation of this example)
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

()() (iso

  1. (by extension) a large quantity
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

()() (Iso

  1. a surname

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
いそじ
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
jukujikun

Compound of 五十(いそ) (iso, fifty, see above) + () (-chi, "road" → counter for length of time). The chi changes to ji (historical di) as an instance of Invalid params in call to Template:ja-rendaku: sort=いそしrendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

五十(いそじ) (isojiいそぢ (isodi)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 五十路 (isoji): fifty, 50

Noun edit

五十(いそじ) (isojiいそぢ (isodi)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 五十路 (isoji): a fifty-year-old; the fiftieth year

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
jukujikun

Shift from iso (see above), used in many compounds.

Already attested in Old Japanese as 借訓 (shakkun) kana for ⟨i⟩.

Numeral edit

五十() (i

  1. Combining form of いそ (iso) above: fifty, 50
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

五十() (i

  1. (by extension) Combining form of いそ (iso) above: a large quantity
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Anagrams edit

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Numeral edit

五十 (osip) (hangeul 오십)

  1. Hanja form? of 오십 (fifty).