一二三四五，上山打老虎
Chinese
- one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
two three four five to climb a mountain or a hill; to die and be buried beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozentiger; energy-consuming unit or machine simp. and trad.
(一二三四五，上山打老虎)一 二 三 四 五 ， 上山 打 老虎 Literally: “one two three four five, climb a mountain and hit a tiger”.
Etymology
From a nursery rhyme.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄦˋ ㄙㄢ ㄙˋ ㄨˇ, ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1 ell san syh wuu, shanqshan daa laohuu
- IPA (key): /i⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ sa̠n⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ta̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jat1 ji6 saam1 sei3 ng5, soeng5 saan1 daa2 lou5 fu2
- Yale: yāt yih sāam sei ng5, séuhng sāan dá lóuh fú
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 ji6 saam1 sei3 ng5, soeng5 saan1 daa2 lou5 fu2
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 yi6 sam1 séi3 ng5, sêng5 san1 da2 lou5 fu2
- IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɑːm⁵⁵ sei̯³³ ŋ̍¹³ sœːŋ¹³ sɑːn⁵⁵ tɑː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Phrase
一二三四五，上山打老虎
- (children's counting-out game) eeny, meeny, miny, moe
See also
- 你拍一，我拍一，一隻小貓坐飛機／你拍一，我拍一，一只小猫坐飞机 (nǐ pāi yī, wǒ pāi yī, yī zhī xiǎomāo zuò fēijī)
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