四暗刻

Chinese

		four	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
simp. and trad. (四暗刻)		四	暗	刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì'ànkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì'ànkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh-ànkè
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-an⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-àn-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhannkeh
    • Palladius: сыанькэ (syanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/

Noun

四暗刻

1. (mahjong) a winning hand of four concealed pungs

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 坎坎糊

Descendants

• → Japanese: 四暗刻 (sūankō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	暗	刻
スー Grade: 1	アン Grade: 3	コー Grade: 6
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 四暗刻 (sì'ànkè).

Equivalent to 四 (sū, “four”) +‎ 暗刻 (ankō, “concealed triplet”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) スーア​ンコー [sùúáꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝːã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

四(スー)暗(アン)刻(コー) or 四暗刻(スウアンコウ) or 四暗刻(スーアンコウ) • (sūankō) 
(alternative reading katakana スーアンコ, rōmaji sūanko)

1. (mahjong) a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand consisting of four concealed triplets

Derived terms

• 四(スー)暗(アン)刻(コー)単(たん)騎(き) (sūankō tanki), 四(スー)暗(アン)刻(コー)単(たん)騎(き)待(ま)ち (sūankō tanki-machi)

See also

• 四(スー)槓(カン)子(ツ) (sūkantsu)
• 三(サン)暗(アン)刻(コー) (san'ankō)
• 二(リャン)暗(アン)刻(コー) (ryan'ankō)