"Mahjong" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 麻将 | má jiàng | mahjong / CL:局[ju2],副[fu4] |   |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow / (dialect) mahjong | |
| 打牌 | dǎ pái | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 相公 | xiàng gong | lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband | |
| 洗牌 | xǐ pái | to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle / to reorganize / to shake up / to restructure | |
| 和 |  hú | to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards | |
| 玩牌 | wán pái | to play cards / to play mahjong | |
| 牌局 | pái jú | gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc | |
| 麻将牌 | má jiàng pái | mahjong tile | |
| 牌 | pái | signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) | |
| 唏哩哗啦 | xī lī huā lā | (onom.) clatter (of mahjong tiles etc) | |
| 方城 | fāng chéng | square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) | |
| 码长城 | mǎ cháng chéng | (coll.) to play mahjong | |
| 搓麻将 | cuō má jiàng | to play mahjong | |
| 摸八圈 | mō bā quān | to play mahjong | |
| 摸牌 | mō pái | to draw a tile (at mahjong) / to play mahjong | |
| 砌长城 | qì Cháng chéng | (coll.) to play mahjong | |
| 牌型 | pái xíng | hand (in mahjong or card games) | |
| 搬砖 | bān zhuān | to do hard physical labor (as a job) / (fig.) to play mahjong | |
| 牌桌 | pái zhuō | mahjong table / card table / gambling table / gaming table | |
