五十歩百歩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五 十 歩 百 歩
ご
Grade: 1		 じっ
Grade: 1		 ほ > ぽ
Grade: 2		 ひゃく > ひゃっ
Grade: 1		 ほ > ぽ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
五 十 歩 百 歩
ご
Grade: 1		 じゅう‎ > じゅっ
Grade: 1		 ほ > ぽ
Grade: 2		 ひゃく > ひゃっ
Grade: 1		 ほ > ぽ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 五十步笑百步 (wǔshí bù xiào bǎibù, literally “fifty steps laugh a hundred steps”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごじっぽひゃ​っぽ [gòjíppó hyáꜜppò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • (Tokyo) ごじゅっぽひゃ​っぽ [gòjúppó hyáꜜppò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ʑip̚po̞ ça̠p̚po̞]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ʑɨᵝp̚po̞ ça̠p̚po̞]

Idiom

五十歩百歩 (hiragana ごじっぽひゃっぽ, rōmaji gojippo hyappo, alternative reading ごじゅっぽひゃっぽ, rōmaji gojuppo hyappo)

  1. six of one, half a dozen of the other (very little difference between two things)

Usage notes

  • Though gojippo hyappo is the standard reading, gojuppo hyappo is commonly used as well.
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