猜拳
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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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caai1 kyun4 / caai1 kyun4-2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiâng-khién / chiáng-kién
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: caicyuán
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai1-chʻüan2
- Yale: tsāi-chywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaichyuan
- Palladius: цайцюань (cajcjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caai1 kyun4 / caai1 kyun4-2
- Yale: chāai kyùhn / chāai kyún
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai1 kyn4 / tsaai1 kyn4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: cai1 kün4 / cai1 kün4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/, /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâng-khién
- Hakka Romanization System: jiangˊ kienˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: jiang1 kian3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ²⁴ kʰi̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng-kién
- Hakka Romanization System: jiangˋ gienˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: jiang3 gian3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ³¹ ki̯en³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
Verb
猜⫽拳 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to play a game in which the participant guesses the figures the opponent will express with fingers, often as a drinking game
- (Taiwanese Hakka) to play rock paper scissors
Synonyms
- (to play a drinking game): 划拳 (huáquán), 猜枚 (cāiméi); (Yudu Hakka) 發拳／发拳; (Hokkien) 喝拳, 攘 (rǎng)
- (to play rock paper scissors):
Dialectal synonyms of 剪刀石頭布 (“rock paper scissors”)
| 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) | |