断么

See also: 斷幺 and 断幺

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
断	么
たん Grade: 5	やお Hyōgaiji
irregular

Alternative spelling
斷么 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Chinese 斷幺／断幺 (duànyāo).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) タンヤオ [tàń'yáó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃ja̠o̞]

Noun edit

断么(タンヤオ) • (tan'yao)

(mahjong) Short for 断么九 (tan'yaochū): a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) without any terminal or honor tiles, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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