# 自摸
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zìmō
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄇㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$ mo$^{2-1}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-bong / chīr-mo͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy-moq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìmō
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmo
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-mo$^1$
*** Yale: dz̀-mwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmho
*** Palladius: цзымо (czymo)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìmōr
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄛㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmor
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-mo$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dz̀-mōr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmhol
*** Palladius: цзымор (czymor)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu̯ɔɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$ mo$^{2-1}$
*** Yale: jih mō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$ mo$^{2-1}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$ mo$^{2-1}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²² mɔː³⁵⁻⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-bong
*** Tâi-lô: tsū-bong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuxbofng
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-mo͘
*** Tâi-lô: tsīr-moo
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sɯ²²⁻²¹ mɔ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zy-moq
*** MiniDict: zy$^去$ moh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zr-moq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² moʔ⁴⁴/

### Verb

自摸
* (mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile
    From: 2011, 蔡秋鳳, 問韓信
    put-kiàn hoat-châi âng-tiong pe̍h-pán thia̍p chò-hóe, hō͘ lâng hái-té kàng-téng chū-bong tan-tiàu pe̍h-phôe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (slang) to masturbate; to touch oneself

#### Usage notes

* When playing mahjong, a player may say this word as a call for such a win.

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 自摸 (tsūmō → tsumo)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 自 | 摸 |
| ツ Grade: 2 | モ Hyōgai |
| irregular ||
Shift from tsūmō (see Etymology 2 below).
Now the more-common reading, likely due to the rise of mahjong video games during the later half of the 20th century. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ツモ [tsúꜜmò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [t͡sɨmo̞]

#### Noun

自(ツ)摸(モ) • (tsumo)
* (mahjong) self-drawing the winning tile; also, a call for such a win
* (mahjong, colloquial) Short for 門前清自摸和 (menzenchin tsumohō): a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) of self-draw and all closed melds, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)

##### Derived terms

* 自摸(ツモ)る (tsumoru)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 自 | 摸 |
| ツー Grade: 2 | モー Hyōgai |
| irregular ||
From Mandarin 自摸 (zìmō).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ツーモー [tsúꜜùmòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [t͡sɨːmo̞ː]

#### Noun

自(ツー)摸(モー) • (tsūmō)
* (mahjong) self-drawing the winning tile; also, a call for such a win

### See also

* 栄(ロン) (ron)
* 和了(あがり) (agari)
* 門(メン)前(ゼン)聴(テン)牌(パイ) (menzen tenpai)

### References

* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN