十八羅漢

十八羅漢

Chinese

		eighteen; 18	arhat
trad. (十八羅漢)		十八	羅漢
simp. (十八罗汉)		十八	罗汉

Etymology

"(mahjong) winning hand containing four kongs"

So named because it has 18 tiles.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shíbā Luóhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ baat³ lo⁴ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shíbā Luóhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhba Luóhàn
    • Wade–Giles: Shih²-pa¹ Lo²-han⁴
    • Yale: Shŕ-bā Lwó-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrba Luohann
    • Palladius: Шиба Лохань (Šiba Loxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ lwɔ³⁵ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ baat³ lo⁴ hon³
    • Yale: sahp baat lòh hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ baat⁸ lo⁴ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ bad³ lo⁴ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² paːt̚³ lɔː²¹ hɔːn³³/

Proper noun

十八羅漢

1. (Buddhism) Eighteen Arhats (the original followers of Gautama Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism)

Noun

十八羅漢

1. (mahjong) a winning hand containing four kongs

Synonyms

• 四槓子／四杠子 (sìgàngzi)