mahjong
/mɑˈd͡ʒɔŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
Uncountable
noun
A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.
Uncountable
intj
A call declaring a winning hand in the game of mahjong.
Example Sentences
- "Miss Ganett drank coffee whilst Caroline got out the Mah Jong box and poured out the tiles upon the table."
- "My usual mahjong kaki."
- "While most of the country has spent the weekend counting hongbaos and mahjong tiles, those guys have been out there salvaging hongbaos and half of Thomson Road."
- "Ho Sau-Mei, one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong tile carvers, is getting old."
Etymology
From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix 兒／儿 /ŋ̍/.
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɑˈd͡ʒɔŋ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
majiang (alternative)
mah-jong (alternative)
mahjongg (alternative)
mah-jongg (alternative)
mah jongg (alternative)
Mah Jong (alternative)