十六

Chinese

		ten	six
simp. and trad. (十六)		十	六
alternative forms		拾陸／拾陆 financial
anagram		六十

Chinese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 十六 (shíliù)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shíliù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si² niu²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шылю (šɨli͡u, I-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap⁶ luk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sip⁵ luuk⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍p-liuk

  (Hailu, HRS): shib^ˋ liug

  (Meixian, Guangdong): seb⁶ liug⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): sí-lṳ̀
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕk-lĕ̤k
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seh⁷ lah⁷
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cha̍p-la̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zab⁸ lag⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-loq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shr⁶ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíliù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhliòu
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-liu⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-lyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrliow
    • Palladius: шилю (šilju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si² niu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sliu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹ niəu²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шылю (šɨli͡u, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ liou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ luk⁶
    • Yale: sahp luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² lʊk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sip⁵ luuk⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚³² lɵk̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍p-liuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib liug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ liug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ li̯uk̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shib^ˋ liug
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃip² liuk⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: seb⁶ liug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /səp̚⁵ liʊk̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí-lṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴ ly⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕk-lĕ̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ⁵⁻³³ l̃øyʔ⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seh⁷ lah⁷ [Phonetic: seh⁶ lah⁷]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: se̍h-la̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛʔ⁴⁻²¹ laʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seh⁷ lah⁷ [Phonetic: seh⁶ lah⁷]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛʔ⁴⁻² laʔ⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-la̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-la̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zablak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² lak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² lak̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zab⁸ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa̍p la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻² lak̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-loq
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 loh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-loq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ loʔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shr⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ ləu̯²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sz̩²⁴ ləu̯²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyip ljuwk

Rime
Character	十	六
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是執切	力竹切
Baxter	dzyip	ljuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪp̚/	/lɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑip̚/	/liuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjep̚/	/liuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑip̚/	/luwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiəp̚/	/liuk̚/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕp̚/	/lĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əp̚/	/li̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap6	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.[ɡ]əp  k.ruk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡjub  ruɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	十	六
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shí	liù
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyip ›	‹ ljuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*t.[ɡ]əp/	/*k.ruk/
English	ten	six
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	十	六
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11452	8341
Phonetic component	十	六
Rime group	緝	覺
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	十	六
Old Chinese	/*ɡjub/	/*ruɡ/

Numeral

十六

1. sixteen; 16

Derived terms

• 十五十六
• 十六國 / 十六国 (Shíliù-Guó)
• 十六強 / 十六强 (shíliùqiáng)
• 十六強賽 / 十六强赛

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (十六):

• → Japanese: 十六(じゅうろく) (jūroku)
• → Korean: 십육(十六) (sibyuk)

Japanese

Japanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 十六

Kanji in this term
十	六
じゅう Grade: 1	ろく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅうろく [jùúrókúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːɾo̞kɯ̟]

Numeral

十(じゅう)六(ろく) • (jūroku) 

1. sixteen; 16

Coordinate terms

Japanese numbers
Number	Kanji	Kana	Romaji
0	零	れい、ゼロ	rei, zero
1	一、壱、弌、壹	いち	ichi
2	二、弐、貳、貮	に	ni
3	三、参	さん	san
4	四、肆	よん、し	yon, shi
5	五、伍	ご	go
6	六、陸	ろく	roku
7	七、漆	なな、しち	nana, shichi
8	八、捌	はち	hachi
9	九、玖	きゅう、く	kyū, ku
10	十、拾	じゅう	jū
100	百、陌、佰	ひゃく	hyaku
1,000	千、阡、仟	せん	sen
10,000	一万、万、一萬、萬	いちまん、まん	ichiman, man
100,000,000	一億、億	いちおく、おく	ichioku, oku

Korean

Hanja in this term
十	六

Numeral

十六 • (simnyuk) (hangeul 십육)

1. hanja form^? of 십육 (“sixteen; 16”)