chii

See also: Chii and chií

English

Etymology

From Japanese 吃 (chī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophone: chi (life force)

Noun

chii (plural chiis)

1. (Japanese mahjong) A call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit using a discarded tile.

   Synonym: chow

Usage notes

Among English-speaking players of the Japanese variant of mahjong, chii is more commonly used than the original English term chow. Unlike chow, chii is not typically used to refer to a group of three consecutive tiles, which is usually called a sequence instead.

Coordinate terms

• kan
• pon

Translations

mahjong: a call for a set of three consecutive tiles

Chinese: Cantonese: 上 (yue) (soeng5) Mandarin: 吃 (zh) (chī) Japanese: チー (chī), 吃 (ja) (chī) Korean: 츠 (cheu), 샹 (syang)

Japanese

Romanization

chii

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちい

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *tìxí.

Noun

chii

1. belly

Preposition

chii

1. under
2. inside

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 5–6