mahjong

See also: mah-jong

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Cantonese 麻將／麻将 (maa4 zoeng3) (standard Mandarin: 麻將／麻将 (májiàng)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑːˈdʒɒŋ/, /mɑːˈʒɒŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑˈdʒɔŋ/, /mɑˈʒɔŋ/
  • (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /mɑˈdʒɑŋ/, /mɑˈʒɑŋ/

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, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.

Synonyms

• (a solitaire game): mahjong solitaire

Translations

game for four players

• Arabic: مَا جُونْغ‎ m (mā jūnḡ)
• Armenian: մահջոնգ (mahǰong)
• Burmese: မာကျောက် (my) (ma-kyauk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麻雀 (yue) (maa⁴ zoek³, maa⁴ zoek^3-2)

  Hakka: 麻雀 (mà-chiok)

  Mandarin: 麻將 (zh), 麻将 (zh) (májiàng), 麻雀 (zh) (máquè) (rare)

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

• Dutch: mahjong (nl) n, matjok (nl) n (Suriname)
• Esperanto: maĝango
• Finnish: mahjong (fi)
• French: mah-jong (fr) m
• German: Mah-Jongg n
• Hungarian: madzsong

• Japanese: 麻雀 (ja) (mājan), 麻将 (マージャン, mājan)
• Korean: 마작(麻雀) (majak), 마장(麻將) (ko) (majang)
• Mongolian: маажаан (maajaan)
• Polish: madżong (pl)
• Portuguese: mahjong m
• Russian: маджо́нг (ru) m (madžóng), мацзя́н m (maczján), мадзя́н m (madzján)
• Spanish: mahjong m
• Tagalog: madyong
• Thai: ไพ่นกกระจอก (th) (pâi-nók-grà-jɔ̀ɔk)
• Ukrainian: маджонг (madžonh)
• Uyghur: ماجاڭ‎ (majang)
• Vietnamese: mạt chược (vi) (麻雀 (vi))
• Zhuang: mazcoz

See also

• Appendix:Unicode/Mahjong Tiles

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Finnish

Noun

mahjong

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

Declension

Inflection of mahjong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		mahjong	mahjongit
genitive		mahjongin	mahjongien
partitive		mahjongia	mahjongeja
illative		mahjongiin	mahjongeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mahjong	mahjongit
accusative	nom.	mahjong	mahjongit
	gen.	mahjongin
genitive		mahjongin	mahjongien
partitive		mahjongia	mahjongeja
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

Possessive forms of mahjong (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mahjongini	mahjongimme
2nd person	mahjongisi	mahjonginne
3rd person	mahjonginsa

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Portuguese

Noun

mahjong m (uncountable)

1. mahjong (Chinese tile game)

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Swedish

Noun

mahjong n

1. mahjong (Chinese tile game)