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^(key): /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 m (maa jungh)
• Burmese: မာကျောက် (my) (ma. kyau')
• Chinese:

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

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

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

• Finnish: mahjong (fi)
• Hungarian: madzsong

• Japanese: 麻雀 (mājan), マージャン (mājan)
• Korean: 마작 (majak) (麻雀 (ko)), 마장 (ko) (majang) (麻將)
• Portuguese: mahjong m
• Russian: маджонг m (madžóng), мацзян m (maczján), мадзян m (madzján)
• Spanish: mahjong 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 (Kotus type 5/risti)

	singular	plural
nominative	mahjong	mahjongit
genitive	mahjongin	mahjongien
partitive	mahjongia	mahjongeja
accusative	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