撚寶

Chinese

		twirl (in the fingers)	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (撚寶)		撚	寶
simp. (撚宝)		撚	宝
alternative forms		輦寶／辇宝 捻寶／捻宝 撚寳／撚宝

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lián-pó

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián-pó
    • Tâi-lô: lián-pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liefnpoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /liɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pɤ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Zhangzhou): /liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po⁵³/

Noun

撚寶

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, gambling) a kind of square box where a die is placed and the number and direction of the die determines the winner
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, gambling) a gambling game that involves a small die shaken inside such a box
3. (Tainan Hokkien) die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 骰子 (“die (used in games of chance)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骰子
Mandarin	Beijing	色子
	Taiwan	色子
	Harbin	色子
	Yantai (Muping)	色子
	Jinan	色子
	Luoyang	色子, 色兒
	Wanrong	色子
	Xi'an	色子
	Yinchuan	色子
	Lanzhou	色子
	Ürümqi	色子
	Wuhan	色子
	Chengdu	色子
	Guiyang	色子
	Liuzhou	色子
	Yangzhou	猴子
	Nanjing	猴兒, 猴子
	Nantong	色兒
	Singapore	骰子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	色子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	色子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	色仔
	Hong Kong	色仔, 色
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	色仔
	Macau	色仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	色
	Foshan	色仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	色仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	色仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	色仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	色子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	色仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	色仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	色仔
	Taishan	色仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	色仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	色仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	色仔
	Dongguan	色仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	色仔
Gan	Nanchang	色子
	Lichuan	色子
	Pingxiang	色子
Hakka	Meixian	骰仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	色仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	色仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	色仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	色仔
	Yudu	色子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	骰仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	十八啦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輾豆
Huizhou	Jixi	寶子
Jin	Taiyuan	色兒
	Xinzhou	色兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	骰仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	骰
Southern Min	Xiamen	骰仔, 豆仔
	Quanzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Zhangzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Taipei	救十八
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	膏十八仔
	Kaohsiung	撚骰仔
	Yilan	撚骰仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	撚骰仔
	Taichung	十八骰仔
	Tainan	撚寶
	Hsinchu	骰九
	Kinmen	骰仔
	Penghu (Magong)	骰仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	骰仔
	Jieyang	骰
	Leizhou	骰
	Haikou	色囝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	色囝
	Sanxiang	色囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	色子
Wu	Shanghai	骰子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	骰子
	Suzhou	骰子
	Danyang	骰子
	Hangzhou	骰子
	Ningbo	色子
	Wenzhou	骰子
Xiang	Changsha	色子
	Loudi	骰子

Derived terms

• 摃撚寶／𫼱撚宝
• 撚寶仁／撚宝仁
• 撚寶場／撚宝场
• 撚寶間／撚宝间
• 硩撚寶／硩撚宝
• 齊撚寶／齐撚宝

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: liyampo

Further reading

• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “压辇宝”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 695.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “撚寶”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “lién-pó”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 309; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 309
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “lién-pó”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 376; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 376