麻雀

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Alternative spellings 2 Mandarin 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.3 References

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
麻	雀

[edit] Noun

麻雀 (katakana マージャン, romaji mājan)

1. (games) mahjong

[edit] Alternative spellings

• マージャン (mājan): mahjong

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

麻雀

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ ma˧˥tɕʰyɛ˥˩ ]

[edit] Noun

麻雀 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin máquè)

1. (Advanced Mandarin) sparrow (any member of the passer genus)
2. tree sparrow
3. mahjong

[edit] Synonyms

• trad. 麻將, simpl. 麻将

[edit] References

• 麻雀 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• Tree Sparrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Tree Sparrow
• "麻雀 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-05-28.