pusoy dos

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • posoy dos
  • posoy-dos

Etymology

From pusoy +‎ dos (two). The card game itself is of Chinese origin despite the name.

See also Indonesian capsa susun, Hokkien 十三 (cha̍p-saⁿ), Vietnamese tiến lên, Cantonese 鋤大弟 / 锄大弟 (co4 daai6 di2).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /puˌsoj ˈdos/ [pʊˌsoɪ̯ ˈd̪os]
  • Rhymes: -os
  • Syllabification: pu‧soy dos

Noun

pusóy dos (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔ ᜇᜓᜐ᜔) (card games)

  1. a Philippine variant of big two; big deuce; Dai Di (a shedding type card game of Chinese origin)

Usage notes

  • The game pusoy dos is often confused with a similarly named game, pusoy. The game pusoy dos is the Philippine version of big two, while pusoy is a Philippine variant of Chinese Poker. Another key difference is in card ranking: in pusoy dos, twos are the highest cards, whereas in pusoy, aces are the highest.

See also