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麻将

mahjong

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

ma2jiang4 • májiàng

Meaning

Primary

mahjong

Alternatives

mah-jong, majiang

Mnemonic

Picture a bunch of 将 generals wearing 麻 hemp uniforms and maybe even smoking 麻 hemp as they play a nice game of 麻将 mahjong.

Usage

打 麻将

play mahjong

麻将 玩家

mahjong player

我 整天 都 在 玩 麻将。

I played mahjong all day.