mahjong
nouninterjectionattested in dialogue
- United States//mɑˈd͡ʒɔŋ//
- United States//mɑˈʒɔŋ//
- //mɑːˈd͡ʒɒŋ//
- //mɑːˈʒɒŋ//
- //mɑˈd͡ʒɑŋ//
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
noun
- 1
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
Miss Ganett drank coffee whilst Caroline got out the Mah Jong box and poured out the tiles upon the table.
My usual mahjong kaki.
While most of the country has spent the weekend counting hongbaos and mahjong tiles, those guys have been out there salvaging hongbaos and half of Thomson Road.
Ho Sau-Mei, one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong tile carvers, is getting old.
- 2
A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.
Etymology
From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix 兒／儿 /ŋ̍/.
interjection
- 1
A call declaring a winning hand in the game of mahjong.
mahjong · A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
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