牌賭

Chinese

		cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet	bet; gamble
trad. (牌賭)		牌	賭
simp. (牌赌)		牌	赌
anagram		賭牌／赌牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páidǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄉㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páidǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄉㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páidǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²-tu³
    • Yale: pái-dǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairduu
    • Palladius: пайду (pajdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

牌賭

1. gambling by playing cards, mahjong, etc.

   • 農會勢盛地方，牌賭禁絕，盜匪潛蹤。 [MSC, trad.]
     农会势盛地方，牌赌禁绝，盗匪潜踪。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Nónghuì shì shèng dìfāng, páidǔ jìnjué, dàofěi qiánzōng. [Pinyin]

     Where the peasant association is powerful, gambling has stopped altogether and banditry has vanished.