初二

Chinese

Etymology 1

		first	two
simp. and trad. (初二)		初	二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-ngi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhoe-lī / chhe-jī / chhoe-jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu¹ ri⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu-èr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-êrh⁴
    • Yale: chū-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuell
    • Palladius: чуэр (čuer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: chō yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tshue-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoeli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰue³³ li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-jī
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe-jī
    • Tâi-lô: tshue-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoeji
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zi³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ zi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu¹ ri⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiu jĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³⁻²³ d͡zi³⁵/

Noun

初二

1. second day of a lunar month

Etymology 2

		junior middle school	two
simp. and trad. (初二)		初	二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu-èr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-êrh⁴
    • Yale: chū-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuell
    • Palladius: чуэр (čuer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: chō yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jiː²²/

Noun

初二

1. (Mainland China) second year in junior middle school; eighth grade

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 國二／国二 (guó'èr)
• (Hong Kong, Singapore) 中二 (zhōng'èr)

See also

• 初一 (chūyī)
• 初三 (chūsān)
• 高一 (gāoyī)
• 高二 (gāo'èr)
• 高三 (gāosān)