槓子

See also: 杠子

Chinese

		carrying pole; horizontal bar	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (槓子)		槓	子
simp. (杠子)		杠	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kang⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gàng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganq.tzy
    • Palladius: ганцзы (ganczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ zi²
    • Yale: gong jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

槓子

1. thick bar
2. thick line
3. (mahjong) kong; four-of-a-kind

Derived terms

• 四槓子／四杠子 (sìgàngzi)
• 插一槓子／插一杠子 (chāyīgàngzǐ)
• 插杠子 (chā gàngzi)
• 插槓子／插杠子 (chā gàngzi)
• 橫插一槓子／横插一杠子 (héngchāyīgàngzǐ)

 

Descendants

• Japanese: 槓子 (kantsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
槓	子
カン Hyōgai	ツ Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 槓子／杠子 (gàngzi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) カンツ [káꜜǹtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠nt͡sɨ]

Noun

槓(カン)子(ツ) • (kantsu) 

1. (mahjong) a set of four identical tiles, compare English kong, four of a kind

   Synonym: 槓 (kan)

Usage notes

The synonym/shorter form kan can also mean a call for such a set of tiles.

Coordinate terms

• 刻(コー)子(ツ) (kōtsu, “triplet”, compare English pung)
• 順(シュン)子(ツ) (shuntsu, “sequence”, compare English chow)
• 対(トイ)子(ツ) (toitsu, “pair”)

See also

• 明(ミン)槓(カン) (minkan, “open kan”)
• 加(カ)槓(カン) (kakan, “added kan”)
• 暗(アン)槓(カン) (ankan, “closed kan”)