大四喜

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	four	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
simp. and trad. (大四喜)		大	四	喜
Literally: “the big four happinesses”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàsìxǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄙˋ ㄒㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ sei³ hei²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-sù-hí / tōa-sì-hí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàsìxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄙˋ ㄒㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàsìhsǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ssŭ⁴-hsi³
  - Yale: dà-sz̀-syǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsyhshii
  - Palladius: дасыси (dasysi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ sei³ hei²
  - Yale: daaih sei héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ sei³ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ séi³ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sei̯³³ hei̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-sù-hí
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-sù-hí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsuo'hie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ su²¹⁻⁴¹ hi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ su¹¹⁻⁵³ hi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-sì-hí
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-sì-hí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsie'hie
  - IPA (Singapore): /tua²²⁻²¹ si²¹⁻⁴² hi⁴²/

Noun

大四喜

(mahjong) a winning hand with melds of all four wind tiles
- 2011, “問韓信”, 郭之儀 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 蔡秋鳳:
  
  紅中已成崁　啊大四喜暗槓 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  红中已成崁　啊大四喜暗杠 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  âng-tiong í sêng khàm, ah tōa-sù-hí àm-kàng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

小四喜 (xiǎosìxǐ)

Descendants

→ Japanese: 大四喜 (dāsūshī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	四	喜
だい Grade: 1	スー Grade: 1	シー Grade: 5
goon	irregular

Kanji in this term
大	四	喜
ダー Grade: 1	スー Grade: 1	シー Grade: 5
irregular

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大四喜, derived from 大 (dai-, “big, great”) +‎ 四喜和 (sūshīhō, “win with melds of all four wind tiles”).

Also attested in some dictionaries as a direct borrowing from Mandarin 大四喜 (dàsìxǐ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [da̠isɨːɕiː]

Noun

大(だい)四(スー)喜(シー) or 大(ダー)四(スー)喜(シー) • (daisūshī or dāsūshī)

(mahjong) a winning hand with triplets or quads of all four wind tiles, worth double 役満 (yakuman, “limit”)
Antonym: 小四喜 (shōsūshī)