Hoo Hey How

Hoo Hey How
Hoo Hey How
	File:Hoo hey how 01.JPG Hoo Hey How dice
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	魚蝦蟹
Simplified Chinese	鱼虾蟹
Literal meaning	fish-shrimp-crab
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	yúxiāxiè
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	hû-hê-hōe
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	魚蝦鱟
Simplified Chinese	鱼虾鲎
Literal meaning	fish-shrimp-horseshoe crab
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	yúxiāhòu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	hû-hê-hāu
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	Bầu cua cá cọp
Khmer name
Khmer	ខ្លាឃ្លោក

A playing mat with coloured dice

Hoo Hey How (Chinese: 魚蝦蟹; pinyin: yú xiā xiè; lit. 'Fish-Prawn-Crab') is a Chinese dice game played with three identical six-sided dice. It is related to Bầu cua cá cọp in Vietnam, Klah Klok (Khmer: ខ្លាឃ្លោក, romanized: khlaa khlook, lit. 'leopard') in Cambodia,^[2] and similar to Crown and Anchor in the West Indies and the American game chuck-a-luck.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Die face variants
Face	Hoo Hey How (Yu Xia Xie)	Alternate	Bầu cua cá cọp	Klah Klok
1	Fish	Fish	Fish
2	Calabash			Stag
3	Prawn	Cock	Tiger	Prawn
4	Crab	Prawn	Crab
5	Coin		Prawn	Calabash
6	Cock	Crab	Cock	Cock
File:6-sided die, unwrapped.svg

References

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