十中八九

Japanese

Kanji in this term
十	中	八	九
じっ Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	く Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Compound of 十 (“ten”) +‎ 中 (“inside”) +‎ 八 (“eight”) +‎ 九 (“nine”), literally "eight or nine out of ten". Compare Chinese 十有八九 (shíyǒubājiǔ), 十之八九 (shízhībājiǔ).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じっちゅうはっく [jìtchúúháꜜkkù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑit̚t͡ɕɨːha̠k̚kɯ̟]

Adverb

十(じっ)中(ちゅう)八(はっ)九(く) • (jitchūhakku)

mostly, probably

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
十	中	八	九
じゅう Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	く Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅうちゅうはっく [jùúchúúháꜜkkù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːt͡ɕɨːha̠k̚kɯ̟]

Adverb

十(じゅう)中(ちゅう)八(はっ)九(く) • (jūchūhakku) ^{←じふちゆうはつく (zifutyuufatuku)^?}

Same as above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
十	中	八	九
じゅっ Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	く Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅっちゅうはっく [jùtchúúháꜜkkù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨt̚t͡ɕɨːha̠k̚kɯ̟]

Adverb

十(じゅっ)中(ちゅう)八(はっ)九(く) • (jutchūhakku)

Same as above.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
十	中	八	九

Noun

十中八九 • (sipjungpalgu) (hangeul 십중팔구)

hanja form^? of 십중팔구 (“almost all; supermajority”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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