清老頭

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (清老頭)		清	老	頭
simp. (清老头)		清	老	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnglǎotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ lou⁵ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglǎotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinglǎotóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-lao³-tʻou²
    • Yale: chīng-lǎu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinglaotour
    • Palladius: цинлаотоу (cinlaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ lou⁵ tau⁴
    • Yale: chīng lóuh tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ lou⁵ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ lou⁵ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

清老頭

1. (mahjong) Alternative form of 清幺九 (qīngyāojiǔ)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 清老頭 (chinrōtō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	老	頭
チン Grade: 4	ロウ Grade: 4	トウ Grade: 2
irregular	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸老頭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin Chinese 清老頭／清老头 (qīnglǎotóu). Surface analysis 清 (chin-, “pure”) +‎ 老頭 (rōtō), clipping of 老頭牌 (rōtōhai, rōtōpai, “terminal tiles”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) チンロートー [chìńróótóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩn̺ɾo̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

清(チン)老(ロウ)頭(トウ) • (chinrōtō) 

1. (mahjong) a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand with melds of all three terminal tiles

   An example of 清老頭:

   

See also

• 混(ホン)老(ロウ)頭(トウ) (honrōtō)