| scissors | stone; rock | to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (剪刀石頭布) | 剪刀 | 石頭 | 布 | |
| simp. (剪刀石头布) | 剪刀 | 石头 | 布 | |
| anagram | 石頭剪刀布／石头剪刀布 | |||
剪刀石頭布
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 剪刀石頭布, 石頭剪子布, 石頭剪刀布 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 𤭢𤭢𤭢, 𤭢釘格 |
| Taiwan | 剪刀石頭布 | |
| Harbin | 定槓錘, 七庫揙, 石頭剪子布 | |
| Singapore | 石頭剪刀布 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 錛鉸裹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 剪剪包, 釘鋼錘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 石頭剪子包 |
| Ürümqi | 石頭剪子包 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 石頭剪子布 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 包剪揼, 猜呈尋 |
| Hong Kong | 包剪揼, 猜呈尋 | |
| Taishan | 猜市 | |
| Dongguan | 尋尋剪, 猜呈尋 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 猜拳 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 猜拳 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 猜拳 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 猜拳 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 縈拳 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 喝拳 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 剪石布 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鉸刀剪 |
| Quanzhou | 鉸刀剪 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鉸刀剪 | |
| Taipei | 鉸刀石頭紙 GT | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 剪包錘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剪刀破絹帕 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |