mahjong

English

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Alternative forms

• majiang
• mah-jong
• mahjongg, mah-jongg

Etymology

From Cantonese 麻將 / 麻将 (Jyutping: maa4 zoeng3, Yale: ma4 jeung3), standard Mandarin: 麻將 / 麻将 (májiàng).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑːˈdʒɒŋ/

Noun

mahjong (uncountable)

1. A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
2. A solitaire game using the same tiles.

See also

• Appendix:Unicode/Mahjong Tiles

Translations

game for four players

• Arabic: ما جونغ (ar) (maa jungh) m
• Burmese: မာကျောက် (my) (ma. kyau')
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麻將, 麻将 (maa4 zoeng3), 麻雀 (maa4 zoek3)

  Mandarin: 麻將 (cmn), 麻将 (cmn) (májiàng), 麻雀 (cmn) (máquè)

  Min Nan: 麻雀 (nan) (bâ-chhiok, môa-chhiok)

• Finnish: mahjong (fi)
• Hungarian: madzsong (hu)

• Japanese: 麻雀 (ja) (mājan), マージャン (ja) (mājan)
• Korean: 마작 (ko) (majak) (麻雀 (ko)), 마장 (ko) (majang) (麻將 (ko))
• Portuguese: mahjong (pt) m
• Russian: маджонг (ru) (madžóng) m, мацзян (ru) (maczján) m, мадзян (ru) (madzján) m
• Spanish: mahjong (es) m
• Thai: ไพ่นกกระจอก (th) (pâi nók grà-jòk)
• Vietnamese: mạt chược (vi)

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Finnish

Noun

mahjong

1. mahjong (game for four)
2. mahjong (solitaire)

Declension

Declension of mahjong (type risti) singular plural nominative mahjong mahjongit genitive mahjongin mahjongien partitive mahjongia mahjongeja accusative mahjong mahjongin mahjongit inessive mahjongissa mahjongeissa elative mahjongista mahjongeista illative mahjongiin mahjongeihin adessive mahjongilla mahjongeilla ablative mahjongilta mahjongeilta allative mahjongille mahjongeille essive mahjongina mahjongeina translative mahjongiksi mahjongeiksi instructive – mahjongein abessive mahjongitta mahjongeitta comitative – mahjongeineen