十三

Chinese

		ten	three
simp. and trad. (十三)		十	三
alternative forms		拾參／拾参 financial 拾弎 financial; obsolete
anagram		三十

Chinese cardinal numbers

<  12	13	14  >
Cardinal : 十三 (shísān)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	十	三
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	是執切	蘇甘切
Baxter	dzyip	sam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪp̚/	/sɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑip̚/	/sɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjep̚/	/sɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑip̚/	/sam/
Li Rong	/ʑiəp̚/	/sɑm/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕp̚/	/sɑm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əp̚/	/sɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí	sān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap6	saam1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	十	三
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shí	sān
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyip ›	‹ sam ›
Old Chinese	/*t.[ɡ]əp/	/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?)
English	ten	three
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	十	三
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	11452	10963
Phonetic component	十	三
Rime group	緝	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	十	三
Old Chinese	/*ɡjub/	/*suːm/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shísān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄙㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si² san¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шысан (šɨsan, I-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap⁶ saam¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sip⁵ lham¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): siit⁷ san¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍p-sâm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): seb⁶ sam¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): seh⁵ san¹
• Northern Min (KCR): sí-sáng
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕk-săng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cha̍p-saⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zab⁸ san¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-se₁
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shr⁶ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shísān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhsan
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-san¹
    • Yale: shŕ-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrsan
    • Palladius: шисань (šisanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ sän⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si² san¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ssan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹ san⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шысан (šɨsan, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ sæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ saam¹
    • Yale: sahp sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² saːm⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sip⁵ lham¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚³² ɬam³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: siit⁷ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɨt̚² san⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍p-sâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib sam^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ sam²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: seb⁶ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /səp̚⁵ sam⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: seh⁵ san¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /səʔ⁵⁴ sæ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sí-sáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁴ saŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕk-săng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ saŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zabsvaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² sã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² sã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zab⁸ san¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa̍p saⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sap̚⁴⁻² sã³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-se₁
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 se^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-se₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ se²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shr⁶ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂʐ̩²⁴ san³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sz̩²⁴ san³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyip sam

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.[ɡ]əp  s.rum/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡjub  suːm/

Numeral

十三

1. thirteen; 13

Derived terms

• 十三幺 (shísānyāo)
• 十三張 / 十三张 (shísānzhāng)
• 十三恐懼症 / 十三恐惧症 (shísān kǒngjùzhèng)
• 十三經 / 十三经 (Shísānjīng)
• 十三行 (Shísānháng)
• 十三轍 / 十三辙
• 十三陵 (Shísānlíng)
• 十三香 (shísānxiāng)
• 十三點 / 十三点 (shísāndiǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (十三):

• → Japanese: 十三(じゅうさん) (jūsan)
• → Korean: 십삼(十三) (sipsam)

Proper noun

十三

1. (～村) Shisan (a village in Huilong, Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)