二百五

Chinese

	two	hundred	five
simp. and trad. (二百五)	二	百	五
alternative forms	250
Literally: “two hundred and fifty”.

From 二百五兩/二百五两 (“250 taels”), equivalent to 半封 (bàn fēng, “half feng”), which is homophonous to 半瘋／半疯 (bànfēng, “crazy person”).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrbǎiwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrbǎiwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-pai³-wu³
  - Yale: èr-bǎi-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellbaewuu
  - Palladius: эрбайу (erbaju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: er⁴ be² wu³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rbew
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɚ²¹³ pɛ²¹ vu⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ baak³ ng⁵
  - Yale: yih baak ńgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ baak⁸ ng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ bag³ ng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² paːk̚³ ŋ̍¹³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: eo⁵ bah⁶ ng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵ¹¹ paʔ⁵ ŋ̍²¹³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nī-bă-ngù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ pa²⁴ ŋu⁴²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: e⁵ be⁶ u³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹ pɤ̞²⁴ u⁴¹/

二百五

Kanji in this term
二	百	五
に Grade: 1	ひゃく Grade: 1	ご Grade: 1

二(に)百(ひゃく)五(ご) • (nihyaku go)