二八

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Chinese

two eight
trad. (二八)
simp. #(二八)
Literally: “two eights”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (1)
Final () (15) (75)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter nyijH peat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪH/ /pˠɛt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiH/ /pᵚæt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjɪH/ /pæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵiH/ /pəɨt̚/
Li
Rong
/ȵiH/ /pɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑiH/ /pæt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑiH/ /pat̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
èr ba
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji6 baat3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
èr
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyijH › ‹ pɛt ›
Old
Chinese
/*ni-s/ /*pˁret/
English two eight

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2824 89
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njis/ /*preːd/

Numeral

二八

  1. (literary) sixteen

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二八):
  • Japanese: 二八(にはち) (nihachi)
  • Korean: 이팔(二八) (ipal)