# 牌九
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páijiǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): paai$^4$ gau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): pai$^3$ giu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): pai$^1$ jiou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: páijiǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: páijiǒu
*** Wade–Giles: pʻai$^2$-chiu$^3$
*** Yale: pái-jyǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairjeou
*** Palladius: пайцзю (pajczju)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paai$^4$ gau$^2$
*** Yale: pàaih gáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paai$^4$ gau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pai$^4$ geo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːi̯²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: pai$^3$ giu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰai²² kiu⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: pai$^1$ jiou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰai¹¹ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/

### Noun

牌九
* domino; pai gow
    推牌九 ― tuī páijiǔ ― to play pai gow

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 骨牌, 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 牌九, 天九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 牌九 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 牌九 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 牌九 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 牌九 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 牌九 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 牌九 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 牌九 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 牌九 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牌九 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 牌九 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 牌九 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 牌九 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 牌九 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 牌九 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 牌九兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 牌九兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 牌九 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 牌九 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 牌九 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 牌九 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 牌九 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 牌九 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 牌九, 牛九牌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 牌九, 骨牌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 牌九兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 牌九兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 牌九, 骨牌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 牌九兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 牌九, 金牌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 牌九 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 牌九, 骨牌, 國牌 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 牌九 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 紙牌, 牌 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 天九, 牌九 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牌九, 骨牌 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 天九, 牌九 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牌九, 骨牌 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 牌九, 木老虎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 骨牌 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 骨牌, 牌九 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 牌九 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 牌九 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 牌九 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 牌九 |
| Jin | Datong | 牌九 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 牌九 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 牌九 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 牌九 |
| Jin | Linhe | 牌九 |
| Jin | Jining | 牌九 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 牌九 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 牌九 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 牌九兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 牌九 |
| Jin | Handan | 牌九 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 牌九 |
| Jin | Suide | 牌九兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牌九 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牌九 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 天九, 天九牌, 班章 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牌九 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 牌九 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 牌九, 牌九牌 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 牌九 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 牌九 |
| Wu | Danyang | 牌九 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 牌九 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 牌九 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 牌九 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 骨牌, 木腦殼 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 骨牌 |

#### Descendants

* → English: pai gow