| 洗牌 | xǐ pái | to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle / to reorganize / to shake up / to restructure |  |
| 清一色 | qīng yī sè | (mahjong) flush / a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit / (fig.) uniformly / each and every one |  |
| 砖瓦 | zhuān wǎ | tiles and bricks | |
| 瓦楞 | wǎ léng | rows of tiles on a roof / corrugated | |
| 屋面瓦 | wū miàn wǎ | room tiles | |
| 冰消瓦解 | bīng xiāo wǎ jiě | to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve | |
| 笮 |  zé | board under tiles on roof / narrow | |
| 甍 | méng | rafters supporting tiles / ridge of a roof | |
| 坐不垂堂 | zuò bù chuí táng | lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom) / fig. keep out of danger | |
| 添砖加瓦 | tiān zhuān jiā wǎ | lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help | |
| 唏哩哗啦 | xī lī huā lā | (onom.) clatter (of mahjong tiles etc) | |
| 断瓦残垣 | duàn wǎ cán yuán | the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated | |
| 方城 | fāng chéng | square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) | |
| 破瓦寒窑 | pò wǎ hán yáo | lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling | |
| 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ | three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child | |
| 落汗 | lào hàn | to stop sweating / (mahjong and card games) to mark the tiles or cards with one's sweat, fragrance etc | |
