# 猜拳
## Chinese

* 猜拳

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cāiquán
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caai$^1$ kyun$^4$ / caai$^1$ kyun$^{4-2}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chiâng-khién / chiáng-kién
    (Hailu, HRS): ziang$^ˋ$ kien$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhai-kûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cai$^1$ kung$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cāiquán
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: caicyuán
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^1$-chʻüan$^2$
*** Yale: tsāi-chywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaichyuan
*** Palladius: цайцюань (cajcjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caai$^1$ kyun$^4$ / caai$^1$ kyun$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: chāai kyùhn / chāai kyún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai$^1$ kyn$^4$ / tsaai$^1$ kyn$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cai$^1$ kün$^4$ / cai$^1$ kün$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/, /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiâng-khién
*** Hakka Romanization System: jiang$^ˊ$ kien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jiang$^1$ kian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ²⁴ kʰi̯en³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiáng-kién
*** Hakka Romanization System: jiang$^ˋ$ gien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jiang$^3$ gian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯aŋ³¹ ki̯en³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziang$^ˋ$ kien$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡siaŋ⁵³ kʰien²⁴/
* 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: cai$^1$ kung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshai khûng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai³³⁻²³ kʰuŋ⁵⁵/

### Verb

猜⫽拳 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to play a game in which the participant guesses the figures the opponent will express with fingers, often as a drinking game
* (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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 剪刀石頭布 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 定槓錘, 七庫揙, 石頭剪子布 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 石頭剪子包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 石頭剪子布 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 包剪揼, 猜呈尋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 包剪揼, 猜呈尋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 猜市 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 尋尋剪, 猜呈尋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 猜拳 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 猜拳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 猜拳 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 猜拳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 縈拳 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 喝拳 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 剪石布 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鉸刀剪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鉸刀剪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鉸刀剪 |
| Southern Min | 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) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |