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mah-jongg
or mah-jong
[ mah-jawng, -jong, -zhawng, -zhong ]
noun
- a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
verb (used without object)
- to win a game of mah-jongg.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of mah-jongg1
1920鈥25; < dialectal Chinese; compare Guangdong dial. 尘脿丑-箩茅耻办, Chinese 尘谩辩耻猫 literally, sparrow (depicted on the first tile of a set), equivalent to 尘谩 hemp + 辩耻猫 bird
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Example Sentences
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It鈥檚 mah-jongg o鈥檆lock, and he鈥檚 ready.
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Tony Lam, second from left, plays mah-jongg with his son-in-law James Do, left, grandson Patrick Do, second from right, and Lam鈥檚 wife, Hop Lam, in Huntington Beach.
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Lam lines up his mah-jongg tiles.
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Eileen learns more than Charles simply by quizzing her gossipy mah-jongg partners, whose conversations easily shift from irritable bowel syndrome to leading drug dealers.
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When Junko Suzuki opened Suehiro with her sister Yuriko in 1972, they were only looking to create a place to play their favorite game, mah-jongg.
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