断么

See also: 斷幺 and 断幺

Japanese
Kanji in this term
断 么
たん
Grade: 5		 やお
Hyōgaiji
irregular
Alternative spelling
斷么 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowing from Chinese 斷幺／断幺 (duànyāo).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) タンヤオ [tàn'yáó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
    • IPA(key): [tã̠ɰ̃ja̠o̞]

Noun

断么(タンヤオ) • (tan'yao) 

  1. (mahjong) Short for 断么九 (tan'yaochū): a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) without any terminal or honor tiles, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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