槓子

See also: 杠子

Chinese

		carrying pole; horizontal bar	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (槓子)		槓	子
simp. (杠子)		杠	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàngzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàngzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàngzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kang⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: gàng-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganq.tzy
  - Palladius: ганцзы (ganczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong³ zi²
  - Yale: gong jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

槓子

Derived terms

四槓子／四杠子 (sìgàngzi)
插一槓子／插一杠子 (chāyīgàngzǐ)
插杠子 (chā gàngzi)
插槓子／插杠子 (chā gàngzi)
橫插一槓子／横插一杠子 (héngchāyīgàngzǐ)

Descendants

Japanese: 槓子 (kantsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
槓	子
カン Hyōgaiji	ツ Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 槓子／杠子 (gàngzi).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) カンツ [káꜜǹtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
IPA^(key): [kã̠nt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

槓(カン)子(ツ) • (kantsu)

(mahjong) a set of four identical tiles, compare English kong, four of a kind
Synonym: 槓 (kan)

Usage notes

The synonym/shorter form kan can also mean a call for such a set of tiles.

Coordinate terms

刻(コー)子(ツ) (kōtsu, “triplet”, compare English pung)
順(シュン)子(ツ) (shuntsu, “sequence”, compare English chow)
対(トイ)子(ツ) (toitsu, “pair”)

See also

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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