Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sparrow dominoes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: spar-row -domi-noes
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The game of mahjong.

Uncountable

noun

The tiles used in this game.

Example Sentences

"Even "Mah-Jongg," for example, is called "sparrow dominoes"—and very rightly, since that is what the Chinese word means to the Chinese."
"There is probably no town in China where the click of the Sparrow dominoes is so little heard."

Etymology

calque of Chinese 麻將 /麻将 (májiàng) + dominoes.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does sparrow dominoes mean?: The game of mahjong.
Where does sparrow dominoes come from?: calque of Chinese 麻將 /麻将 (májiàng) + dominoes.

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