# 搬磚
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bānzhuān
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban$^1$ zuan$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^1$ zyun$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ban$^1$ zuan$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): buan$^1$ zeng$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bānzhuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: banjhuan
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^1$-chuan$^1$
*** Yale: bān-jwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banjuan
*** Palladius: баньчжуань (banʹčžuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ban$^1$ zuan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: banzuan
*** Sinological IPA : /pan⁵⁵ t͡suan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^1$ zyun$^1$
*** Yale: būn jyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^1$ dzyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^1$ jun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^1$ zuan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃¹¹ t͡suæ̃¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: buan$^1$ zeng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puaⁿ tsṳng
*** Sinological IPA : /pũã³³⁻²³ t͡sɯŋ³³/

### Verb

搬⫽磚 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (literally) to move bricks; to carry the bricks
* (dialectal, figurative) to play mahjong
* (neologism, figurative, humorous) to do a lot of repetitive work; to hold an unstimulating and tedious job

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 打麻將, 搓麻將, 搓麻 Mainland China |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 打麻將, 搬磚, 搬磚頭兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 打麻將 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 打麻將, 打牌, 打八圈兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 打麻將 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 打麻將 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 打麻將 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 打麻將 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 打麻將 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 打麻將 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 打麻將 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 打麻將 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 打麻將 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 打麻將 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 打麻將 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打麻將 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 打麻將 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 打麻將, 打牌兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 打麻將, 搬城牆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 打麻將, 搬磚頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 打麻將 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 打麻將, 摳麻將, 壘牆頭, 來竹城戲, 擺方城戲 humorous, 擺竹城戲 humorous |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 打麻將, 壘長城 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 打麻將, 砌長城, 搬磚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 打麻將 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 打麻將 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 打麻將 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打麻將, 砌長城, 砌磚, 搬磚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 打麻將, 哈麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 打麻將, 砌牆, 碼磚, 搬磚, 擺長城, 修長城, 吃糕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 打麻將, 打牌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 打麻將, 搓麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 打麻將 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 打麻將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 打麻將, 砌牆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 打麻將, 打牌 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 打麻將, 手談, 築長城 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 打麻將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 搓麻將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 打麻將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 打麻將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 打麻將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 打麻將, 抹麻將 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 打麻雀, 搓麻雀, 攻打四方城 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打麻雀, 打牌, 攻打四方城, 游乾水, 開檯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 耍麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 打麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 打麻雀, 搬磚, 攻打四方城, 築城牆 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 打麻雀 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 打麻雀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 打麻將 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Changting | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 搓麻雀 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打麻將, 打貫索牌子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 打麻將 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 打麻將 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 打麻將 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打麻雀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打麻雀 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打麻將 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 打麻將 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 打麻將, 搬磚, 砌牆 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 打麻將 |
| Jin | Datong | 打麻架 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 打麻將, 搬磚頭, 壘城牆 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 打麻架 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 打麻將, 打牌 |
| Jin | Linhe | 打麻架 |
| Jin | Jining | 打麻架 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 打麻架 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 打麻架 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 打麻將 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 打麻將 |
| Jin | Handan | 打麻將, 打牌 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 打麻將 |
| Jin | Suide | 打麻將 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拍麻雀, 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍麻雀, 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 炒麻雀, 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 跋麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 拍牌, 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 弄麻雀 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 拍麻雀 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 打麻雀 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搓麻將, 搓麻將牌, 砌牆頭, 築方城, 砌長城, 學習144號文件 humorous, 碰和 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 叉麻將 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 叉麻將, 碰和 |
| Wu | Danyang | 操麻將 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 叉麻將 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 搓麻將 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 搓麻將 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 擦麻將 |

#### Derived terms

* 搬磚砸腳／搬砖砸脚