十八羅漢

Chinese

		eighteen; 18	arhat
trad. (十八羅漢)		十八	羅漢
simp. (十八罗汉)		十八	罗汉

Etymology

"(mahjong) winning hand containing four kongs": So named because it has 18 tiles.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shíbā Luóhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄚㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ baat³ lo⁴ hon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shíbā Luóhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄚㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhba Luóhàn
  - Wade–Giles: Shih²-pa¹ Lo²-han⁴
  - Yale: Shŕ-bā Lwó-hàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrba Luohann
  - Palladius: Шиба Лохань (Šiba Loxanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ xän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ baat³ lo⁴ hon³
  - Yale: sahp baat lòh hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ baat⁸ lo⁴ hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ bad³ lo⁴ hon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² paːt̚³ lɔː²¹ hɔːn³³/

Proper noun

十八羅漢

(Buddhism) Eighteen Arhats (the original followers of Gautama Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism)

Noun

十八羅漢

(mahjong) a winning hand containing four kongs

Synonyms

四槓子／四杠子 (sìgàngzi)

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