順子

See also: 顺子

Chinese

		to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (順子)		順	子
simp. (顺子)		顺	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: shwùn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuenn.tzy
    • Palladius: шуньцзы (šunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ zi²
    • Yale: seuhn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

順子

1. (poker, mahjong) straight; cards or mahjong tiles in sequence

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 蛇

Descendants

• Japanese: 順子 (shuntsu)

See also

Poker hands in Mandarin · 撲克牌型／扑克牌型 (layout · text)
單張／单张 (dānzhāng), 高牌, 烏龍／乌龙 (wūlóng)	對／对 (duì), 對子／对子 (duìzi), 一對／一对 (yīduì)	兩對／两对	三張／三张, 三條／三条 (sāntiáo)	順／顺 (shùn), 順子／顺子 (shùnzi)
同花 (tónghuā)	三帶二／三带二	四張／四张, 四條／四条 (sìtiáo), 鐵扇／铁扇, 鐵支／铁支	同花順／同花顺 (tónghuāshùn)	同花大順／同花大顺 (tónghuā dàshùn)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
順	子
シュン Grade: 4	ツ Grade: 1
irregular

From Mandarin 順子／顺子 (shùnzi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) シュ​ンツ [shúꜜǹtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝnt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

順(シュン)子(ツ) • (shuntsu) 

1. (mahjong) a run of three connected tiles in a suit (compare English chow)

Coordinate terms

• 刻(コー)子(ツ) (kōtsu, “triplet, three of a kind”, compare English pung)
• 槓(カン)子(ツ) (kantsu, “quadruplet, quad, four of a kind”, compare English kong)
• 対(トイ)子(ツ) (toitsu, “pair”)

See also

• 吃(チー) (chī, “call for an open shuntsu, chow”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
順	子
じゅん Grade: 4	こ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

From 順 (jun, literally “obedience”) +‎ 子 (-ko, common suffix in female given names, literally “child”).

Proper noun

順(じゅん)子(こ) • (Junko) 

1. a female given name