九子連環
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See also: 九子连环
Chinese
[edit]| 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 | ||
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| trad. (九子連環) | 九 | 子 | 連環 | |
| simp. (九子连环) | 九 | 子 | 连环 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]九子連環
- (mahjong, Cantonese) Nine Gates; a winning hand with tiles in the form of 1112345678999 and any one tile of the same suit without melding
- (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