<p>I believe that it is just the shortening of 至尊天九 or 至尊宝 to:</p>
<p><strong>至尊</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://wizardofodds.com/games/pai-gow-tiles/story/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wizard Of Odds</a> mentions:</p>
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<p>Supreme Creator (Gee Joon): Chinese name of the Supreme Creator, which came before anything else.</p>
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<p>Gee Joon means Supreme Creator, which fits the characters 至尊.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.fact-index.com/c/ch/chinese_dominoes.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chinese Dominoes</a> back this up pretty clearly:</p>
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<p>This pair when played together is considered a suit on its own, called the Gee Joon (至尊 Supreme). It is the highest ranking pair in the game of Pai Gow, though the tiles rank low individually (in their normal order).</p>
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<p>Might be some kind of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett%E2%80%93Chao_Romanisation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Barnett–Chao</a> kind of thing, not really sure though.</p>

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Oh, I see! I was thinking "Gee" was pronounced like "ghee," but it's actually supposed to be pronounced like the j in "jeans". I guess the romanization is just an approximation of the sound from a British perspective, before formal romanization schemes came into effect.
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Then "Gee Joon" is close in pronunciation to "zi3 zyun1".
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@qpwoe Yeah, "zi3 zyun1" would be the correct Jyutping for 至尊. "Gee Joon" seems like a Romanized approximation of the same.
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<p>Wikipedia doesn't provide the translation for &quot;Gee Joon&quot; in English, and on the Chinese version, it gives the terms 至尊宝，猴王對，皇帝，and 至尊天九, which don't seem to match the transliteration (<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%8C%E4%B9%9D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/牌九</a>). Does &quot;Gee Joon&quot; follow a Cantonese romanization scheme, or is it just a English approximation?</p>

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What is the Chinese translation for the term "Gee Joon" in Pai Gow?
# What is the Chinese translation for the term "Gee Joon" in Pai Gow?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-11-09)

Wikipedia doesn't provide the translation for "Gee Joon" in English, and on the Chinese version, it gives the terms 至尊宝，猴王對，皇帝，and 至尊天九, which don't seem to match the transliteration ([https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/牌九](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%8C%E4%B9%9D)). Does "Gee Joon" follow a Cantonese romanization scheme, or is it just a English approximation?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-11-09. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I believe that it is just the shortening of 至尊天九 or 至尊宝 to:

**至尊**.

[Wizard Of Odds](https://wizardofodds.com/games/pai-gow-tiles/story/) mentions:

> Supreme Creator (Gee Joon): Chinese name of the Supreme Creator, which came before anything else.

Gee Joon means Supreme Creator, which fits the characters 至尊.

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[Chinese Dominoes](http://www.fact-index.com/c/ch/chinese_dominoes.html) back this up pretty clearly:

> This pair when played together is considered a suit on its own, called the Gee Joon (至尊 Supreme). It is the highest ranking pair in the game of Pai Gow, though the tiles rank low individually (in their normal order).

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Might be some kind of [Gwoyeu Romatzyh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh)/[Barnett–Chao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett%E2%80%93Chao_Romanisation) kind of thing, not really sure though.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Oh, I see! I was thinking "Gee" was pronounced like "ghee," but it's actually supposed to be pronounced like the j in "jeans". I guess the romanization is just an approximation of the sound from a British perspective, before formal romanization schemes came into effect.  
> **username_0**: Then "Gee Joon" is close in pronunciation to "zi3 zyun1".  
> **username_1**: @username_0 Yeah, "zi3 zyun1" would be the correct Jyutping for 至尊. "Gee Joon" seems like a Romanized approximation of the same.  

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