Definition
三六九 is a Chinese gambling game played with dice, where players bet on combinations of the numbers 3, 6, and 9. The term is also used colloquially to refer to gambling or a dice game in general. It is a noun (measure word 'm' in the source is likely a mislabel — the word itself is a proper noun for the game, not a classifier).
noun
a dice game where players bet on combinations of 36and 9
Examples
- 三六九。Tāmen wǎnshang chángcháng wán sān liù.They often play the dice game Sanliujiu in the evening.
- 三六九。sān liù shì yì zhǒng chuántǒng de dǔbó yóuxì.Sanliujiu is a traditional gambling game.
- 三六九。Tā zài sān liù shàng shū le bù shǎo qián.He lost quite a bit of money playing Sanliujiu.
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