kansu

IPA: kˈænsu

Root Word: Kansu

Obsolete spelling of Gansu [A province in northwestern China. Capital: Lanzhou.]

Examples of "kansu" in Sentences

Into this one woman would put the kansu or dice, a set of six plum stones, some carved and some not carved.
She would put her hand over the tanpan, shake the kansu just as the white dice player does, and then throw them out.
The value of the throw would be according to the kind and number of carvings that were turned up when the kansu fell.
There was a low lacquer table in the center of the room, several Chinese-red kansu chests along the wall, a cedar desk with phone.
Three women were on each side, and they played it with tanpan (the basket), kansu (the dice), and canyiwawa (the counting sticks).