mahjong.
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
Meaning & usage
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix 兒／儿 /ŋ̍/.
A call declaring a winning hand in the game of mahjong.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix 兒／儿 /ŋ̍/.
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