一五一十

一五一十

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	five	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	ten
simp. and trad. (一五一十)		一	五	一	十
Literally: “one five, one ten”.

Etymology

From counting by fives.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwǔyīshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ng⁵ jat¹ sap⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): it⁶ ng³ it⁶ siit⁷
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ n³ yid⁵ seb⁶
• Wu (Wiktionary): iq hhngg iq zeq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīwǔyīshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwuuishy
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ ng⁵ jat¹ sap⁶
    • Yale: yāt ńgh yāt sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ng⁵ jat⁷ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ng⁵ yed¹ seb⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ ŋ̍¹³ jɐt̚⁵ sɐp̚²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: it⁶ ng³ it⁶ siit⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /it̚⁵ ŋ̍²¹³⁻¹³ it̚⁵ sɨt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁵ n³ yid⁵ seb⁶
    • IPA: /it̚¹ n̩³¹ it̚¹ səp̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: iq hhngg iq zeq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɪʔ³³ ɦŋ̍⁵⁵ i̯ɪʔ³³ z̻əʔ²¹/

Idiom

一五一十

1. (of narrating) in full detail

   他把這件事情一五一十地告訴了我。 [MSC, trad.]
   他把这件事情一五一十地告诉了我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bǎ zhè jiàn shìqíng yīwǔyīshí de gàosù le wǒ. [Pinyin]

   He told me the whole thing in detail.