河底撈魚

河底撈魚

See also: 河底捞鱼

Chinese

		bottom of a river; riverbed; Hedi	fish up	fish
trad. (河底撈魚)		河底	撈	魚
simp. (河底捞鱼)		河底	捞	鱼
Literally: “scooping up a fish from the riverbed”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hédǐ lāo yú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hédǐ lāo yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄌㄠ ㄩˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herdii lhau yu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hédǐ lao yú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/

Noun

河底撈魚

1. (mahjong) winning off the final discard before reaching the dead wall

Descendants

• → Japanese: 河底撈魚 (hōtei raoyui)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	底	撈	魚
ホウ Grade: 5	テイ Grade: 4	ラオ Hyōgaiji	ユイ Grade: 2
Irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 河底撈魚 (hédǐ lāo yú)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːte̞ː ɾa̠o̞jɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

河(ホー)底(テイ)撈(ラオ)魚(ユイ) • (hōtei raoyui) 

1. (mahjong) winning off the final discard before reaching the dead wall, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)

   Synonym: 河底 (hōtei)

Coordinate terms

• 海(ハイ)底(テイ)摸(モー)月(ユエ) (haitei mōyue), 海(ハイ)底(テイ)撈(ラオ)月(ユエ) (haitei raoyue)