單人爿

Chinese

single person piece; side
trad. (單人爿) 單人
simp. (单人爿) 单人
alternative forms 單人𤖭单人𤖭

Pronunciation

  • Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dang1 zing2 be2 / dang1 zing2 binn2
  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tan-lîn-pûiⁿ / tan-lîn-pêng / tan-jîn-pêng / toaⁿ-jîn-pêng

Noun

單人爿

  1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) The Chinese character component .
  2. (Putian Puxian Min, mahjong) “five of characters” () tile (so named because it is the only mahjong tile that contains the component )

Synonyms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “单人𤖭”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 133.