骨牌

Chinese

		bone	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (骨牌)		骨	牌
simp. #(骨牌)		骨	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ paai^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kut-pâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔpái
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-pʻai²
    • Yale: gǔ-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guupair
    • Palladius: гупай (gupaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ paai^4-2
    • Yale: gwāt páai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ paai^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ pai^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-pâi
    • Tâi-lô: kut-pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kutpaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ pai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ pai²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 骨牌

1. domino

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 天九 (tiānjiǔ)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
骨	牌
こつ > こっ Grade: 6	はい > ぱい Hyōgai
kan'on

Borrowing from Mandarin 骨牌 (gǔpái, “Chinese-style dominoes”).

Noun

骨(こっ)牌(ぱい) • (koppai) 

1. (card games) playing cards

   Synonym: カルタ (karuta)

2. (mahjong) mahjong tiles made from animal bone

Derived terms

• 骨牌(こっぱい)税(ぜい) (koppai-zei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
骨	牌
かるた
Grade: 6	Hyōgai
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 骨牌 – see the following entry.

【カルタ】 [noun] (card games) playing cards, especially Japanese traditional playing cards [noun] any of several games played with such cards Alternative spellings 歌留多, 加留多, かるた

(This term, 骨牌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Derived terms

• 花(はな)骨牌(ガルタ) (hana-garuta)
• 西(せい)洋(よう)骨牌(カルタ) (seiyō karuta)
• 読(よみ)骨牌(ガルタ), 読(よ)み骨牌(ガルタ) (yomi-garuta)