小四喜

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	four	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
simp. and trad. (小四喜)		小	四	喜
Literally: “little four happinesses”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎosìxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙˋ ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sei³ hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎosìxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙˋ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosìhsǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ssŭ⁴-hsi³
    • Yale: syǎu-sz̀-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausyhshii
    • Palladius: сяосыси (sjaosysi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² sei³ hei²
    • Yale: síu sei héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sei³ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² séi³ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³ hei̯³⁵/

Noun

小四喜

1. (mahjong) a winning hand with melds of three wind tiles and a pair of the fourth wind tile

Related terms

• 大四喜 (dàsìxǐ)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 小四喜 (shaosūshī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	四	喜
しょう Grade: 1	スー Grade: 1	シー Grade: 5
on’yomi	irregular

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 小四喜, derived from 小 (shō-, “little”) +‎ 四喜和 (sūshīhō, “win with melds of all four wind tiles”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːsɨᵝːɕiː]

Noun

小(しょう)四(スー)喜(シー) • (shōsūshī) 

1. (mahjong) a winning hand with triplets (or quads) of three wind tiles and a pair of the fourth, worth 役満 (yakuman, “limit”)

   Antonym: 大四喜 (daisūshī, dāsūshī)