# 骰子
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóuzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tau$^4$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóuzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóuzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: tʻou$^2$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: tóu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour.tzy
*** Palladius: тоуцзы (touczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$頭子／头子 骰子
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tau$^4$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: tàuh jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tau$^4$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: teo$^4$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

#### Noun

骰子
* die (polyhedron used in games of chance) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)
    擲骰子／掷骰子 ― zhì tóuzi ― to throw dice

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 骰子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 色子, 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 色子, 猴子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 色子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 骰子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 色子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 色子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 色子, 色兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 骨子, 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 猴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 色兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 色子, 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 色子, 猴子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 色子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 色子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 色子, 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 色子, 猴子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 色子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 色子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 色子, 猴子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 色子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 色子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 猴兒, 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 色子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 色兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 色子, 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 猴子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 色子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 色子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 色仔, 色 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 色 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 色子 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 色仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 色仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 色子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 色子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 色子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 骰仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 色仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 色子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 骰仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 十八啦 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 輾豆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 寶子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 色子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 色兒, 色子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 色子 |
| Jin | Datong | 色子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 色兒, 色子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 色兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 色子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 色兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 猴子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 色兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 色兒 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 色子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 色子 |
| Jin | Handan | 猴 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 骨了 |
| Jin | Suide | 色子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 骰仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 骰 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 骰仔, 豆仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 骰仔, 豆仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 骰仔, 豆仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 救十八 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 膏十八仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 撚骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 撚骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 撚骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 十八骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 撚寶 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 骰九 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 骰仔 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 骰 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 骰 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 色囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 色囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 色囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 色子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 骰子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 骰子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 骰子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 骰子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 骰子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 色子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 骰子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 色子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 骰子 |

##### Descendants

* → Korean: 두자(骰子) (duja), 투자(骰子) (tuja)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shǎizi
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыйзы (sɨyzɨ, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^1$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǎizi
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǎizi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: shai$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: shǎi-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shae.tzy
*** Palladius: шайцзы (šajczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыйзы (sɨyzɨ, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /sei²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: sīk jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^7$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$釋子／释子 骰子

#### Noun

骰子
* Alternative form of 色子 (shǎizi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 骰 | 子 |
| さいころ ||
| Hyōgai | Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun ||

### Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 骰子.
For pronunciation and definitions of 骰子 – see the following entry. :
| 【賽子さいころ】 | [noun] (games) a die; a dice Alternative spelling サイコロ |
(This term, 骰子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :