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

  (Meixian, Guangdong): seb⁶ liug⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): sí-lṳ̀
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕk-lĕ̤k
• 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/
  • (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/
• 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

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

Japanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 十六

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːɾo̞kɯ̟]

Numeral

十(じゅう)六(ろく) • (jūroku) 

1. sixteen; 16

Coordinate terms

Japanese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Regular	零(れい) (rei) 零(ゼロ) (zero)	一(いち) (ichi)	二(に) (ni)	三(さん) (san)	四(よん) (yon) 四(し) (shi)	五(ご) (go)	六(ろく) (roku)	七(なな) (nana) 七(しち) (shichi)	八(はち) (hachi)	九(きゅう) (kyū) 九(く) (ku)	十(じゅう) (jū)
Formal		壱(いち) (ichi)	弐(に) (ni)	参(さん) (san)							拾(じゅう) (jū)
	90	100	300	600	800	1,000	3,000	8,000	10,000	100,000,000
Regular	九(きゅう)十(じゅう) (kyūjū)	百(ひゃく) (hyaku) 一(いっ)百(ぴゃく) (ippyaku)	三(さん)百(びゃく) (sanbyaku)	六(ろっ)百(ぴゃく) (roppyaku)	八(はっ)百(ぴゃく) (happyaku)	千(せん) (sen) 一(いっ)千(せん) (issen)	三(さん)千(ぜん) (sanzen)	八(はっ)千(せん) (hassen)	一(いち)万(まん) (ichiman)	一(いち)億(おく) (ichioku)
Formal									一(いち)萬(まん) (ichiman)
	1012	8×1012	1013	1016	6×1016	8×1016	1017	1018
	一(いっ)兆(ちょう) (itchō)	八(はっ)兆(ちょう) (hatchō)	十(じゅっ)兆(ちょう) (jutchō)	一(いっ)京(けい) (ikkei)	六(ろっ)京(けい) (rokkei)	八(はっ)京(けい) (hakkei)	十(じゅっ)京(けい) (jukkei)	百(ひゃっ)京(けい) (hyakkei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
十	六

Numeral

十六 • (simnyuk) (hangeul 십육)

1. hanja form^? of 십육 (“sixteen; 16”)