划拳

划拳

Chinese

		to row	fist
simp. and trad. (划拳)		划	拳
variant forms		豁拳 搳拳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ kyun⁴, waa¹ kyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huáquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwachyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁴ kyun⁴, waa¹ kyun⁴
    • Yale: wàh kyùhn, wā kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ kyn⁴, waa¹ kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ kün⁴, wa¹ kün⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /waː²¹ kʰyːn²¹/, /waː⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/

Verb

划拳

1. to play a game in which the participant guesses the figures the opponent will express with fingers, often as a drinking game

Synonyms

• 猜拳 (cāiquán)