一二三四五，上山打老虎

Chinese

		one; single; a 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 beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	tiger; tractor
trad. (一二三四五，上山打老虎)		一	二	三	四	五	，	上山	打	老虎
simp. ^#(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
(Pinyin): yī èr sān sì wǔ, shàngshān dǎ lǎohǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄦˋ ㄙㄢㄙˋ ㄨˇ , ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ji⁶ saam¹ sei³ ng⁵, soeng⁵ saan¹ daa² lou⁵ fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yī èr sān sì wǔ, shàngshān dǎ lǎohǔ [Phonetic: yīèrsānsìwǔ,shàngshāndáláohǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄦˋ ㄙㄢㄙˋ ㄨˇ , ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yi èr san sìh wǔ, shàngshan dǎ lǎohǔ
  - Wade–Giles: i¹ êrh⁴ san¹ ssŭ⁴ wu³, shang⁴-shan¹ ta³ lao³-hu³
  - Yale: yī èr sān sz̀ wǔ-, shàng-shān dǎ lǎu-hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i ell san syh wuu, shanqshan daa laohuu
  - Palladius: и эр сань сы у, шаншань да лаоху (i er sanʹ sy u, šanšanʹ da laoxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiː²² saːm⁵⁵ sei̯³³ ŋ̍¹³ sœːŋ¹³ saːn⁵⁵ taː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/

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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