二十一

Chinese

		twenty; 20; twentieth	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (二十一)		二十	一

**Chinese cardinal numbers**
< 20	21	22 >
Cardinal : 二十一

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): èrshíyī
(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
(Chengdu, SP): er⁴ si² yi²
(Dungan, Cyrillic): эршыйи (eršɨji, III-I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngi-sṳ̍p-yit
(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵
Min Dong (BUC): nê-sĕk-ék
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lī-cha̍p-it / jī-cha̍p-it / gī-cha̍p-it
(Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁶ zab⁸ ig⁴ / ri⁶ zab⁸ êg⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): nyi zeq iq (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èrshíyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: er⁴ si² yi²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rsj
  - IPA ^(key): /ɚ²¹³ sz̩²¹ i²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: эршыйи (eršɨji, III-I-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /əɻ⁴⁴ ʂɨː²⁴ ʝiː²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
  - Yale: yih sahp yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-sṳ̍p-yit
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi siib id`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵
  - IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-sṳ̍p-yit
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi siib (r)id`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵
  - IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵
  - IPA: /ɲi⁵³ sip̚⁵ it̚¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nê-sĕk-ék
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡi²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ ɛiʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Philippines, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-cha̍p-it
  - Tâi-lô: lī-tsa̍p-it
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixzab'id
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡sap̚²⁴⁻²² it̚⁵/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /li²²⁻¹² t͡sap̚⁵⁴⁻³² it̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-cha̍p-it
  - Tâi-lô: jī-tsa̍p-it
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixzab'id
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑi³³⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ it̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-cha̍p-it
  - Tâi-lô: gī-tsa̍p-it
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixzab'id
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ri⁶ zab⁸ ig⁴ / ri⁶ zab⁸ êg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭ tsa̍p ik / jĭ tsa̍p ek
  - IPA ^(key): /d͡zi³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻² ik̚²/, /d͡zi³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻² ek̚²/

Note: ri6 zab8 êg4 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyi zeq iq (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²² z̻əʔ⁵⁵ i̯ɪʔ²¹/

Numeral

二十一

twenty-one; 21
二十一世紀 / 二十一世纪 ― èrshíyī shìjì ― 21st century

Synonyms

廿一 (niànyī)

Derived terms

三七二十一 (sān qī èrshíyī)
不問三七二十一／不问三七二十一

不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)
管他三七二十一 (guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二十一):

→ Japanese: 二十一 (にじゅういち) (nijūichi)
→ Korean: 이십일 (二十一, isibil)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	十	一
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	いち Grade: 1
on’yomi

**Japanese cardinal numbers**
< 20	21	22 >
Cardinal : 二十一

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨᵝːit͡ɕi]

Numeral

二十一 (hiragana にじゅういち, rōmaji nijūichi)

twenty-one; 21

Korean

Hanja in this term
二	十	一

Numeral

二十一 • (isibil) (hangeul 이십일)

Hanja form^? of 이십일 (“twenty-one”).