intj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits. uncountable

   "Miss Ganett drank coffee whilst Caroline got out the Mah Jong box and poured out the tiles upon the table."

2. 2
   Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles wordnet
3. 3
   A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain. uncountable

Intj

1. 1
   A call declaring a winning hand in the game of mahjong.

Synonyms

All synonyms

mah jonggmah-jonggmahjong solitairemahjong solitaire

Example

More examples

"My dream is to become a very strong mahjong player."

Etymology

From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix /ŋ̍/.

Related phrases

riichi mahjong

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