自摸

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy
trad. (自摸)		自	摸
simp. #(自摸)		自	摸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìmō

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄇㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ mo^2-1
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-bong / chīr-mo͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zy-moq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìmō
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmo
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-mo¹
    • Yale: dz̀-mwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmho
    • Palladius: цзымо (czymo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìmōr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄛㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmor
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-mo¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: dz̀-mōr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmhol
    • Palladius: цзымор (czymor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu̯ɔɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ mo^2-1
    • Yale: jih mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ mo^2-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ mo^2-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-moq
    • MiniDict: zy^去 moh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-moq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² moʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

自摸

1. (mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile

   • 不見發財紅中白板疊作伙　乎人海底槓頂自摸單調白皮 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     不见发财红中白板叠作伙　乎人海底杠顶自摸单调白皮 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     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)

2. (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 Hyōgaiji
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^(key): [t͡sɨᵝmo̞]

Noun

自(ツ)摸(モ) • (tsumo) 

1. (mahjong) self-drawing the winning tile; also, a call for such a win
2. (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 Hyōgaiji
irregular

From Mandarin 自摸 (zìmō).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ツ​ーモー [tsúꜜùmòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝːmo̞ː]

Noun

自(ツー)摸(モー) • (tsūmō) 

1. (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)