煙士

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (煙士)		煙	士
simp. (烟士)		烟	士
alternative forms		煙屎／烟屎

Etymology

From English ace.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ si^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ si^6-2
    • Yale: yīn sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ si^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ xi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

煙士

1. (Cantonese, card games) ace

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 尖兒 (“ace (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	尖兒, 叉, 老叉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	尖子
	Xuzhou	老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	尖子, 尖, 耶司
	Guiyang	尖, 尖尖, 帽
	Liuzhou	煙洗, 煙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	愛斯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	煙士, 煙
	Hong Kong	煙士, 煙
	Taishan	一士
	Wuzhou	煙
	Yulin	煙
Gan	Nanchang	尖
	Pengze	尖
	Lichuan	尖子
	Pingxiang	尖子, 尖
Hakka	Meixian	煙仔
	Yudu	尖子
Huizhou	Jixi	尖子, 尖心
Jin	Taiyuan	幺尖兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	A
	Shantou	幺, 一
Wu	Shanghai	愛斯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	愛斯
	Suzhou	A, 愛斯