二一添作五

Chinese

		two	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to add; to increase; to replenish	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	five
simp. and trad. (二一添作五)		二	一	添	作	五
Literally: “one half is zero point five”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èr yī tiānzuò wǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ jat¹ tim¹ zok³ ng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èr yī tiānzuò wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èr yi tianzuò wǔ
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴ i¹ tʻien¹-tso⁴ wu³
    • Yale: èr yī tyān-dzwò wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ell i tiantzuoh wuu
    • Palladius: эр и тяньцзо у (er i tjanʹczo u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ i⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ jat¹ tim¹ zok³ ng⁵
    • Yale: yih yāt tīm jok ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ jat⁷ tim¹ dzok⁸ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ yed¹ tim¹ zog³ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² jɐt̚⁵ tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ ŋ̍¹³/

Idiom

二一添作五

1. (division rule in abacus reckoning) one half is zero point five; 1/2=0.5
2. (figurative) to divide fairly between 2 people; to go fifty-fifty

See also

• 三一三十一 (sān yī sānshíyī)