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Chinese
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to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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trad. (順子)
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順
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子
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simp. (顺子)
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顺
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子
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Pronunciation
Noun
順子
- (poker, mahjong) straight; cards or mahjong tiles in sequence
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Japanese
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 順子/顺子 (shùnzi).
Pronunciation
Noun
順子 • (shuntsu)
- (mahjong) a run of three connected tiles in a suit (compare English chow)
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Etymology 2
From 順 (jun, literally “obedience”) + 子 (-ko, common suffix in female given names, literally “child”).
Proper noun
順子 • (Junko)
- a female given name
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN