断么

See also: 斷幺 and 断幺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
断 么
たん
Grade: 5 		やお
Hyōgai
kan'on irregular
Alternative spelling
斷么 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowing from Chinese 斷幺／断幺 (duànyāo).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) タンヤオ [tàń'yáó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [tã̠ɰ̃ja̠o̞]

Noun

断么(タンヤオ) • (tan'yao) 

  1. (mahjong) short for 断么九 (tan'yaochū): a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) without any terminal or honor tiles, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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