字一色

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (字一色)		字	一	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìyīsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jat¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìyīsè [Phonetic: zìyísè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyisè
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-i¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-yī-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhiseh
    • Palladius: цзыисэ (czyisɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: jih yāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yed¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

字一色

1. (mahjong) all honours

Descendants

• → Japanese: 字一色(ツーイーソー) (tsūīsō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	一	色
ツー Grade: 1	イー Grade: 1	ソー Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 字一色 (zìyīsè).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ツーイ​ーソー [tsùúíꜜìsòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝːiːso̞ː]

Noun

字(ツー)一(イー)色(ソー) • (tsūīsō) 

1. (mahjong) all honours: a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand that consists of only 風牌 (kazehai, “wind tiles”) and 三元牌 (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”)

See also

• 字(ツー)牌(パイ) (tsūpai), 字(じ)牌(ハイ) (jihai, “honour tiles”)