地和

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
trad. (地和)		地	和
simp. ^#(地和)		地	和
alternative forms		地胡地糊 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìhú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ wu^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìhú
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-hu²
  - Yale: dì-hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihhwu
  - Palladius: диху (dixu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ xu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ wu^4-2
  - Yale: deih wú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ wu^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ wu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² wuː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

地和

(Mainland China, Taiwan, mahjong) earthly hand; a winning hand drawn by a non-dealer during the first go around of a game
(Hong Kong, Singapore, mahjong) earthly hand; a winning hand completed with the dealer's first discarded tile

Coordinate terms

天和 (tiānhú, “heavenly hand”)
人和 (rénhú, “hand of man”)

Descendants

Japanese: 地和 (chīhō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	和
チー Grade: 2	ホー Grade: 3
irregular

Etymology

From Mandarin 地和 (dìhú).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) チーホー [chíꜜìhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiːho̞ː]

Noun

地(チー)和(ホー) • (chīhō)

(mahjong) earthly hand: a winning hand drawn by a non-dealer during the first go around of a game, worth 役満 (yakuman, “limit”)
Hypernym: 役満貫 (yaku-mangan)

Coordinate terms

天和(テンホー) (tenhō, “heavenly hand”)
人和(レンホー) (renhō, “hand of man”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN