十二

Chinese

	ten	two
simp. and trad. (十二)	十	二
alternative forms	拾貳／拾贰 financial 拾弍 financial; obsolete
anagram	二十

**Chinese cardinal numbers**
< 11	12	13 >
Cardinal : 十二 (shí'èr)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shí'èr

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si² er⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шыэр (šɨer, I-III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap⁶ ji⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sip⁵ ngei⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): siit⁷ eo⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍p-ngi

(Hailu, HRS): shib^ˋ ngi^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): seb⁶ ngi⁴

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): shï⁵ ni⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): seh⁵ er³
Northern Min (KCR): sí-nī
Eastern Min (BUC): sĕk-nê
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seh⁷ di⁵ / seh⁷ li⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cha̍p-lī / cha̍p-jī / cha̍p-gī

(Teochew, Peng'im): zab⁸ ri⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-gni₆
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shr⁶ e⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shí'èr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-èr
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-êrh⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-èr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrell
  - Palladius: шиэр (šier)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si² er⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹ ɚ²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шыэр (šɨer, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ ɛɻ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ ji⁶
  - Yale: sahp yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jiː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sip⁵ ngei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚³² ᵑɡei³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: siit⁷ eo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɨt̚² ɵ¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍p-ngi
  - Hakka Romanization System: siib ngi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ ngi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shib^ˋ ngi^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃip² ŋi³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: seb⁶ ngi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /səp̚⁵ ŋi⁵³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: shï⁵ ni⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃʐ̩²¹ ni²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: seh⁵ er³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /səʔ⁵⁴⁻² əɻ⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí-nī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴ ni⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕk-nê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ nˡɛi²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seh⁷ di⁵ [Phonetic: seh⁴ di⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: se̍h-dī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛʔ⁴⁻⁴² ti¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seh⁷ li⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛʔ⁴ li²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Philippines, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zabli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang): /t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² li³³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sap̚³⁵⁻² li³¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sap̚⁵⁴⁻³² li²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zabji
  - IPA (Yilan): /t͡sap̚⁵⁻² d͡zi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² zi³³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻¹ d͡zi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-gī
  - Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zabgi
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zab⁸ ri⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa̍p jĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻² d͡zi³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq-gni₆
  - MiniDict: zeh^入 nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-nyi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ n̠ʲi²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zəʔ²² n̠ʲi⁵²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: shr⁶ e⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sz̩²⁴ ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹/

Middle Chinese: dzyip nyijH

Rime
Character	十	二
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是執切	而至切
Baxter	dzyip	nyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪp̚/	/ȵiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑip̚/	/ȵi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjep̚/	/ȵʑjɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑip̚/	/ȵi^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiəp̚/	/ȵi^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕp̚/	/ȵʑi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əp̚/	/ȵʑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí	èr
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap⁶	ji⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*t.[ɡ]əp ni[j]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡjub njis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	十	二
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shí	èr
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyip ›	‹ nyij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*t.[ɡ]əp/	/*ni[j]-s/
English	ten	two
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	二
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11452	2824
Phonetic component	十	二
Rime group	緝	脂
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	十	二
Old Chinese	/*ɡjub/	/*njis/

Numeral

十二

twelve; 12
十二宵夜 ― shí'èr xiāoyè ― twelve nights

Derived terms

十二分 (shí'èrfēn)
十二宮 / 十二宫 (shí'èrgōng)
十二律 (shí'èrlǜ)
十二指腸 / 十二指肠 (shí'èrzhǐcháng)
十二支 (shí'èrzhī)
十二星座 (shí'èr xīngzuò)
十二月 (shí'èryuè)
十二月份 (Shí'èryuèfèn)
十二枝 (“a kind of lottery”)
十二次 (shí'èrcì)
十二生相
十二生相變透透 / 十二生相变透透
十二生肖 (shí'èr shēngxiào)
十二點 / 十二点 (shí'èrdiǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (十二):

→ Japanese: 十二(じゅうに) (jūni)
→ Korean: 십이(十二) (sibi)

Japanese

**Japanese cardinal numbers**
< 11	12	13 >
Cardinal : 十二

Kanji in this term
十	二
じゅう Grade: 1	に Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅうに [jùúníꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːɲ̟i]

Numeral

十(じゅう)二(に) • (jūni) ^{←じふに (zifuni)^?}

twelve; 12

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	二

Numeral

十二 • (sibi) (hangeul 십이)

hanja form^? of 십이 (“twelve”)