mahjong
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- noun
- /mɑːˈdʒɔŋ/
- Do you wanna play mahjong? - Yeah, that's a good idea.
- play mahjong
- mahjong table
- mahjong matches
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Watch on YouTubeSo the ninjas are just been waiting around, smoking cigarettes, playing mahjong, waiting.
- So the ninjas are just been waiting around, smoking cigarettes, playing mahjong, waiting.
- I played mahjong as a kid, but it was Constance and Michelle who had to sort of play for the for the film.
Examples
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Didn't you see her the other day at her mahjong party?
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Winning at mahjong doesn't mean winning every hand.
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I invited the mahjong ladies over tonight
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Men play mahjong only if the people, place, and time are "right."
Academic text (2007) -
My Uncle Charlie runs a mahjong place off Broadway.
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Come on, let's play mahjong.
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Now if you will excuse me, I'm late for a game of mahjong.
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You remember when mahjong was popular, don't you, Harry?
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Mahjong is not illegal.
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Every Sunday, my friends and I gather to play mahjong for hours.
Synonyms
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A Chinese game for four players played with tiles to make matching sets
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mahjong comes from a Chinese name 麻雀 that means 'sparrow'. One common story says people thought the clicking of the tiles and the players' chatter sounded like birds, and so that bird name became the name of the four-player tile game.