小四喜

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	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. (小四喜)		小	四	喜
Literally: “little four happinesses”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎosìxǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙˋ ㄒㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sei³ hei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎosìxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙˋ ㄒㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosìhsǐ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ssŭ⁴-hsi³
  - Yale: syǎu-sz̀-syǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausyhshii
  - Palladius: сяосыси (sjaosysi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² sei³ hei²
  - Yale: síu sei héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sei³ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² séi³ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³ hei̯³⁵/

Noun

小四喜

(mahjong) a winning hand with melds of three wind tiles and a pair of the fourth wind tile

Related terms

大四喜 (dàsìxǐ)

Descendants

→ Japanese: 小四喜 (shaosūshī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	四	喜
しょう Grade: 1	スー Grade: 1	シー Grade: 5
on'yomi	irregular

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 小四喜, derived from 小 (shō-, “little”) +‎ 四喜和 (sūshīhō, “win with melds of all four wind tiles”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːsɨːɕiː]

Noun

小(しょう)四(スー)喜(シー) or 小四喜(シャオスーシー) • (shōsūshī or shaosūshī)

(mahjong) a winning hand with triplets (or quads) of three wind tiles and a pair of the fourth, worth 役満 (yakuman, “limit”)
Antonym: 大四喜 (daisūshī, dāsūshī)