majiang

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See also: májiàng

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mɑ.d͡ʒɒŋ/ (the same as mahjong), or perhaps Sinicized IPA(key): /mɑ.t͡ʃ(j)ɑŋ/

Noun[edit]

majiang (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of mahjong

Translations[edit]

mahjong — see mahjong

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 482: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Ma-chiang (Majiang) 麻將”
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