二五仔

Chinese

		two	five	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (二五仔)		二	五	仔
alternative forms		25仔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrwǔzǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄨˇ ㄗㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ ng⁵ zai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrwǔzǎi [Phonetic: èrwúzǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄨˇ ㄗㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrwǔzǎi
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-wu³-tsai³
  - Yale: èr-wǔ-dzǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellwuutzae
  - Palladius: эруцзай (eruczaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ ng⁵ zai²
  - Yale: yih ńgh jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ ng⁵ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ ng⁵ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

二五仔

(chiefly Cantonese) rat; traitor
- 2002 December 12, Alan Mak, Felix Chong, 無間道 [Infernal Affairs], spoken by 黃志誠 [SP Wong Chi Shing] (Anthony Wong), Media Asia Entertainment Group, Basic Pictures:
  
  你廿五號生日吖嘛，二五仔！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你廿五号生日吖嘛，二五仔！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ jaa⁶ ng⁵ hou⁶ saang¹ jat⁶ a¹ maa³, ji⁶ ng⁵ zai²! [Jyutping]
  Your birthday is on the 25th day, traitor!

See also

二五眼 (èrwǔyǎn)