rock paper scissors

See also: rock-paper-scissors

English

Alternative forms

rock-paper-scissors

Etymology

After the handshapes.

Noun

rock paper scissors (uncountable)

(hand games) A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.
Synonyms: paper scissors stone, scissors paper rock, scissors paper stone, janken, roshambo
(by extension) Any situation where strategies are not transitive, meaning each strategy is strong against some strategies and weak against others in a loop such that there is no universally best option.

Derived terms

rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock

Translations

popular child's game

Arabic: حَجَر وَرَقَة مِقَصّ (ḥajar waraqa miqaṣṣ), حَجَر وَرَق مِقَصّ (ḥajar waraq miqaṣṣ)
Armenian: չինգաչունգ (čʿingačʿung), քար, մկրատ, թուղթ (kʿar, mkrat, tʿuġtʿ)
Bulgarian: ка́мък, но́жица, харти́я (kámǎk, nóžica, hartíja)
Burmese: စုံစွမ်စိ (cumcwamci.)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 包剪揼 (baau¹ zin² dap⁶)

Hokkien: 鉸刀石頭紙／铰刀石头纸 (ka-to-chio̍h-thâu-chóa)

Mandarin: 石頭剪子布／石头剪子布 (zh) (shítou jiǎnzi bù), 剪刀石頭布／剪刀石头布 (zh) (jiǎndāo shítou bù)
Czech: kámen, nůžky, papír m
Danish: sten, saks, papir
Dutch: steen, papier, schaar ?, blad-steen-schaar ?, schaar steen papier
Esperanto: papero, tondilo, ŝtono
Estonian: kivi-paber-käärid
Finnish: kivi-sakset-paperi, kivi-paperi-sakset
French: pierre-feuille-ciseaux (fr) m, chifoumi (fr) m
Galician: pedra, papel, tesoura
German: Schnick Schnack Schnuck n, Schere, Stein, Papier (de) n, Ching, Chang, Chong n, Klick, Klack, Kluck n
Hebrew: אבן נייר ומספריים / אֶבֶן נְיָר וּמִסְפָּרַיִם (he) ? (éven n'yár u-misparáyim)
Hindi: रॉक कागज कैंची ? (rŏk kāgaj ka͠icī)
Hungarian: kő-papír-olló
Indonesian: batu, gunting, kertas, suit (id), suten (id)
Irish: cloch páipéar siosúr m
Italian: morra cinese f, carta, forbice, sasso m
Japanese: じゃん拳, じゃんけん (ja) (janken), じゃん拳ぽん, じゃんけんぽん (ja) (jankenpon)
Korean: 가위바위보 (ko) (gawibawibo)
Latvian: akmens, šķēres, papīrīt's ?
Macedonian: лист камен ножички (list kamen nožički)
Maltese: karta, ġebla jew imqass
Norwegian: stein saks papir ?
Polish: papier, kamień, nożyce m
Portuguese: pedra-papel-tesoura m, joquempô m
Russian: ка́мень, но́жницы, бума́га (ru) n (kámenʹ, nóžnicy, bumága)
Spanish: piedra, papel o tijera (es) m
Swedish: sten, sax, påse n
Tagalog: jak-en-poy
Thai: เป่ายิ้งฉุบ (th) (bpào-yíng-chùp)
Turkish: taş kağıt makas
Ukrainian: ка́мінь-но́жиці-папі́р m (káminʹ-nóžyci-papír)
Vietnamese: oẳn tù tì (vi), xù xi, kéo búa bao (vi)

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