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majiang

Syllables: ma·jiang/mɑ.d͡ʒɒŋ/

majiang is the alternative spelling of mahjong.

Meaning of mahjong

Noun

mahjong (uncountable)

  1. A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
    • Miss Ganett drank coffee whilst Caroline got out the Mah Jong box and poured out the tiles upon the table.1926, Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  2. A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.

See all 3 meanings of mahjong

Origin of majiang

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

Questions about majiang

What is majiang the alternative spelling of?
Majiang is the alternative spelling of mahjong.
How do you pronounce majiang?
Majiang is pronounced /mɑ.d͡ʒɒŋ/.

Words near majiang in the dictionary

  1. Majhi
  2. majhul
  3. majhuls
  4. Maji Mazuri
  5. Majia
  6. majiang
  7. majick
  8. majid
  9. majids
  10. majillion
  11. majillions

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