一五一十

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	five	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	ten
simp. and trad. (一五一十)		一	五	一	十
Literally: “one five, one ten”.

From counting by fives.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīwǔyīshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄨˇ ㄧㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiwǔyishíh
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-wu³-i¹-shih²
  - Yale: yī-wǔ-yī-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwuuishyr
  - Palladius: иуиши (iuiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ ng⁵ jat¹ sap⁶
  - Yale: yāt ńgh yāt sahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ng⁵ jat⁷ sap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ng⁵ yed¹ seb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ ŋ̍¹³ jɐt̚⁵ sɐp̚²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: it⁶ ng³ it⁶ siit⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /it̚⁵ ŋ̍²¹³⁻¹³ it̚⁵ sɨt̚²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yid⁵ n³ yid⁵ seb⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ n̩³¹ it̚¹ səp̚⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁷iq-ng-iq-zeq
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁴iq-hhngg-iq-zeq
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɪʔ³³ ŋ̍⁵⁵ iɪʔ³³ zəʔ²¹/

一五一十

(of narrating) in full detail
他把這件事情一五一十地告訴了我。 [MSC, trad.]
他把这件事情一五一十地告诉了我。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bǎ zhè jiàn shìqíng yīwǔyīshí de gàosù le wǒ. [Pinyin]
He told me the whole thing in detail.

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