九蓮寶燈

See also: 九莲宝灯 and 九蓮宝燈

Chinese

		nine	lotus	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	lamp; light
trad. (九蓮寶燈)		九	蓮	寶	燈
simp. (九莲宝灯)		九	莲	宝	灯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔliánbǎodēng
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǔliánbǎodēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoulianbaodeng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒuliánbǎodeng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ljɛn³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

九蓮寶燈

(mahjong) Nine Gates; a winning hand with tiles in the form of 1112345678999 and any one tile of the same suit without melding
(mahjong) Pure Nine Gates; a winning hand formed by a player having collected tiles in the exact form of 1112345678999 of the same suit without melding, and completing with any one tile of that suit

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 九子連環／九子连环

Descendants

→ Japanese: 九蓮宝燈 (chūrenpōton)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 九蓮寶燈 – see the following entry.

【九蓮宝燈チューレンポートン】

[noun] (mahjong) Nine Gates; a winning hand with tiles in the form of 1112345678999 and any one tile of the same suit without melding

[noun] (mahjong) Pure Nine Gates; a winning hand collecting tiles in the exact form of 1112345678999 of the same suit without melding, and completing with any one tile of that suit

Alternative spelling
ちゅうれんぽうとう

(This term, 九蓮寶燈, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)