猜拳

Chinese

		to guess	fist
trad. (猜拳)		猜	拳
simp. #(猜拳)		猜	拳
alternative forms		縈拳／萦拳 Hakka

Etymology

The Hakka pronunciations come from Japanese じゃんけん (janken).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāiquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ kyun⁴ / caai¹ kyun^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiâng-khién / chiáng-kién
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhai-kûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāiquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caicyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: tsāi-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaichyuan
    • Palladius: цайцюань (cajcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai¹ kyun⁴ / caai¹ kyun^4-2
    • Yale: chāai kyùhn / chāai kyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ kyn⁴ / tsaai¹ kyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ kün⁴ / cai¹ kün^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/, /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâng-khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiang´ kien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiang<sup>1</sup> kian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ²⁴ kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng-kién
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiang` gien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiang³ gian³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ³¹ ki̯en³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-kûn
    • Tâi-lô: tshai-kûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'kuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai³³ kun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²³/

Verb

猜拳

1. to play a game in which the participant guesses the figures the opponent will express with fingers, often as a drinking game
2. to play rock paper scissors

Synonyms

• (drinking game):
  • 划拳 (huáquán)
  • (Min Nan) 喝拳, 攘 (rǎng)
  • 猜枚 (cāiméi)