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撲克

撲克

See also: 扑克

Chinese

		rush on	gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome
trad. (撲克)		撲	克
simp. (扑克)		扑	克

Noun

撲克

poker (card game)
playing card (Classifier: 副 m)

Synonyms

(playing card): 綵牌／彩牌, 紙牌／纸牌 (zhǐpái)

Derived terms

撲克牌／扑克牌 (pūkèpái)

Etymology

Borrowing from English poker.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pūkè

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ hak¹
Min Nan (POJ): phok-khek / phok-khiak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pūkè → pūke (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨㄎㄜˋ → ㄆㄨㄎㄜ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pu.keh
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/ → /pʰu⁵⁵ kʰə²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pok³ hak¹
  - Yale: pok hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ hak⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ hɐk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-khek
  - Tâi-lô: phok-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phokqeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-khiak
  - Tâi-lô: phok-khiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phokqiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰiak̚⁵/