110
See also: 110%
English
Etymology
Like 911, 119, etc., selected as a number both fast and easy to call from rotary or touch-tone phones and less likely to be mistakenly dialed.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /wən.wən.oʊ/, /wən.wən.ziːroʊ/, /wən.tɛn/
Proper noun
110
- The telephone number for emergency services in Iran.
- The telephone number for law enforcement in China, Japan, Germany, Indonesia, Latvia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Andorra, Nauru, and the Ivory Coast and on Taiwan.
- 110 handles police emergencies in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea but fires and medical emergencies have a separate number, 119.
- The telephone number for ambulance services in Jamaica, Syria, and Sri Lanka.
- The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Norway, Jamaica, Suriname, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Papua New Guinea.
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): yāoyāolíng, yīyīlíng
- (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˊ, ㄧ ㄧ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 jat1 ling4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yāoyāolíng
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yaoyaolíng
- Wade–Giles: yao1-yao1-ling2
- Yale: yāu-yāu-líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauiauling
- Palladius: яояолин (jaojaolin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yīyīlíng
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yiyilíng
- Wade–Giles: i1-i1-ling2
- Yale: yī-yī-líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iiling
- Palladius: иилин (iilin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 jat1 ling4
- Yale: yāt yāt lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 jat7 ling4
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 yed1 ling4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
110
- the telephone number for law enforcement in China and on Taiwan
Synonyms
- 999 (Hong Kong, Macau)
Coordinate terms
Noun
110
- (Mainland China, Taiwan, slang) synonym of 警察 (jǐngchá): police, law enforcement
Synonyms
- 999 (Hong Kong, Macau)