清老頭

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (清老頭)		清	老	頭
simp. (清老头)		清	老	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnglǎotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ lou⁵ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglǎotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinglǎotóu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-lao³-tʻou²
  - Yale: chīng-lǎu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinglaotour
  - Palladius: цинлаотоу (cinlaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ lou⁵ tau⁴
  - Yale: chīng lóuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ lou⁵ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ lou⁵ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

清老頭

(mahjong) alternative form of 清幺九 (qīngyāojiǔ)

Descendants

→ Japanese: 清老頭 (chinrōtō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	老	頭
チン Grade: 4	ロウ Grade: 4	トウ Grade: 2
irregular	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸老頭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin Chinese 清老頭 / 清老头 (qīnglǎotóu). Surface analysis 清 (chin-, “pure”) +‎ 老頭 (rōtō), clipping of 老頭牌 (rōtōhai, rōtōpai, “terminal tiles”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) チンロートー [chìńróótóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩn̺ɾo̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

清(チン)老(ロウ)頭(トウ) • (chinrōtō)

(mahjong) a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand with melds of all three terminal tiles
An example of 清老頭:

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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Noun

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology

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