猜拳

Chinese

		to guess	fist
trad. (猜拳)		猜	拳
simp. #(猜拳)		猜	拳
alternative forms		縈拳／萦拳 Hakka

Etymology

The Hakka pronunciations come from Japanese じゃんけん (janken).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāiquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ kyun⁴ / caai¹ kyun^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiâng-khién / chiáng-kién
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhai-kûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai¹ kung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāiquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caicyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: tsāi-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaichyuan
    • Palladius: цайцюань (cajcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai¹ kyun⁴ / caai¹ kyun^4-2
    • Yale: chāai kyùhn / chāai kyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ kyn⁴ / tsaai¹ kyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ kün⁴ / cai¹ kün^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/, /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâng-khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiang^ˊ kien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiang¹ kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ²⁴ kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng-kién
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiang^ˋ gien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiang³ gian³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ³¹ ki̯en³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-kûn
    • Tâi-lô: tshai-kûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'kuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai³³ kun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai¹ kung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshai khûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai³³⁻²³ kʰuŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

猜⫽拳 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to play a game in which the participant guesses the figures the opponent will express with fingers, often as a drinking game
2. (Taiwanese Hakka) to play rock paper scissors

Synonyms

• (to play a drinking game): 划拳 (huáquán), 猜枚 (cāiméi); (Yudu Hakka) 發拳／发拳; (Hokkien) 喝拳, 攘 (rǎng)
• (to play rock paper scissors):

Dialectal synonyms of 剪刀石頭布 (“rock paper scissors”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剪刀石頭布, 石頭剪子布, 石頭剪刀布
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	𤭢𤭢𤭢, 𤭢釘格
	Taiwan	剪刀石頭布
	Harbin	定槓錘, 七庫揙, 石頭剪子布
	Singapore	石頭剪刀布
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	錛鉸裹
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剪剪包, 釘鋼錘
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	石頭剪子包
	Ürümqi	石頭剪子包
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	石頭剪子布
Cantonese	Guangzhou	包剪揼, 猜呈尋
	Hong Kong	包剪揼, 猜呈尋
	Taishan	猜市
	Dongguan	尋尋剪, 猜呈尋
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	猜拳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	猜拳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	猜拳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	猜拳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	縈拳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喝拳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剪石布
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉸刀剪
	Quanzhou	鉸刀剪
	Zhangzhou	鉸刀剪
	Taipei	鉸刀石頭紙 GT
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	剪包錘
Wu	Ningbo	剪刀破絹帕
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)