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Chinese
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : wǔshí
(Zhuyin ) : ㄨˇ ㄕˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : wu3 si2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : вушы (vušɨ, II-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : ng5 sap6
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : m2 sip5
Hakka (Sixian , PFS ) : ńg-sṳ̍p
Northern Min (KCR ) : ngù-sī
Eastern Min (BUC ) : ngô-sĕk
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : gǒ͘-cha̍p / gō͘-cha̍p
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : ngou6 zab8
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 ng-zeq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : u3 shr6
Mandarin
Cantonese
Hakka
Northern Min
Eastern Min
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Quanzhou , Lukang , Philippines , Jinjiang )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Zhangzhou , Taipei , Kaohsiung , Tainan , Taichung , Hsinchu , Yilan , Sanxia , Magong , Kinmen , Taichung , Singapore , Penang )
(Teochew )
Wu
Xiang
Numeral
五十
fifty ; 50
Synonyms
( chiefly years of age ) 半百 (bànbǎi )
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
/ɡoʑipu/ → /ɡoʑifu/ → /ɡoʑɨu/ → /ɡoʑuː/
From Middle Chinese compound 五十 (MC nguX dzyip ).
Pronunciation
Numeral
五( ご ) 十( じゅう ) • (gojū ) ←ごじふ ( gozifu ) ?
fifty , 50
Derived terms
Proverbs
Noun
五( ご ) 十( じゅう ) • (gojū ) ←ごじふ ( gozifu ) ?
a fifty -year-old
Proper noun
五( ご ) 十( じゅう ) • (Gojū ) ←ごじふ ( Gozifu ) ?
Short for 五十蔵 ( Gojūzō ) : This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation , then remove the text {{rfdef }}
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Etymology 2
⟨i so1 ⟩ → */isʷo/ → /iso/
Compound of Old Japanese elements 五( い ) ( i , “ five ” , combining form ) + 十( そ ) ( so , “ ten ” ) .
Numeral
五( い ) 十( そ ) • (iso )
fifty , 50
10th century , Kokin Waka Rokujō (book 1, volume 2, poem 725)
岩( いは ) の上( うへ ) の松( まつ ) の梢( こすゑ ) に降( ふ ) る雪( ゆき ) はいそ かへり降( ふ ) れ後( のち ) までも見( み ) むiwa no ue ni matsu no kozue ni furu yuku wa iso kaeri fure nochi made mo min (please add an English translation of this example)
Derived terms
Noun
五( い ) 十( そ ) • (iso )
( by extension ) a large quantity
Derived terms
Proper noun
五( い ) 十( そ ) • (Iso )
a surname
Etymology 3
Compound of 五十( いそ ) ( iso , “ fifty ” , see above ) + 路( ち ) ( -chi , "road " → counter for length of time ) . The chi changes to ji (historical di ) as an instance of rendaku (連濁 ).
Pronunciation
Numeral
五十( いそじ ) • (isoji ) ←いそぢ ( isodi ) ?
Alternative spelling of 五十路 ( isoji ) : fifty , 50
Noun
五十( いそじ ) • (isoji ) ←いそぢ ( isodi ) ?
Alternative spelling of 五十路 ( isoji ) : a fifty -year-old; the fiftieth year
Etymology 4
Shift from iso (see above), used in many compounds.
Already attested in Old Japanese as 借訓 ( shakkun ) kana for ⟨i⟩ .
Numeral
五十( い ) • (i )
Combining form of いそ ( iso ) above : fifty , 50
Derived terms
Noun
五十( い ) • (i )
( by extension ) Combining form of いそ ( iso ) above : a large quantity
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Korean
Numeral
五十 • (osip ) (hangeul 오십 )
hanja form? of 오십 ( “ fifty ” )