rock paper scissors

See also: rock-paper-scissors

English

After the handshapes, as a calque of Japanese じゃんけんぽん (jankenpon).

rock paper scissors (uncountable)

(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, rochambeau, row-sham-bow, roe-sham-boe
(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.

popular child's game

Arabic: وَرَقَة مِقَصّ الصَّخْرَة‎ (waraqa(t) miqaṣṣ aṣ-ṣaḵra)
Armenian: չինգաչունգ (čʿingačʿung), քար, մկրատ, թուղթ (kʿar, mkrat, tʿułtʿ)
Burmese: စုံစွမ်စိ (cumcwamci.)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 包剪揼 (baau¹ zin² dap⁶)

Mandarin: 石頭剪子布, 石头剪子布 (shítou jiǎnzi bù), 剪刀石頭布, 剪刀石头布 (jiǎndāo shítou bù)
Czech: kámen, nůžky, papír m
Danish: sten, saks, papir
Dutch: steen, papier, schaar ?, blad-steen-schaar ?
Esperanto: papero, tondilo, ŝtono
Estonian: kivi-paber-käärid
Finnish: kivi-sakset-paperi, kivi-paperi-sakset
French: pierre-feuille-ciseaux (fr) m
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 ? (éven n'yár u-misparáyim)
Hindi: रॉक कागज कैंची ? (rŏk kāgaj kaiñcī)

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