九子連環

See also: 九子连环

Chinese

		nine	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	chain of connecting rings; interlinked
trad. (九子連環)		九	子	連環
simp. (九子连环)		九	子	连环

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² zi² lin⁴ waan⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² zi² lin⁴ waan⁴
    • Yale: gáu jí lìhn wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dzi² lin⁴ waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ji² lin⁴ wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ liːn²¹ waːn²¹/

Noun

九子連環

1. (mahjong, Cantonese) Nine Gates; a winning hand with tiles in the form of 1112345678999 and any one tile of the same suit without melding
2. (mahjong, Cantonese) Pure Nine Gates; a winning hand formed by a player having collected tiles in the exact form of 1112345678999 of the same suit without melding, and completing with any one tile of that suit

Synonyms

• 九蓮寶燈／九莲宝灯 (jiǔliánbǎodēng)