Chinese Word |
English Word |
Definition |
Ma jiang |
Mahjong |
The general Western name for the game. |
Pai qiang |
Wall |
The structure formed by all the pai (tiles) at the beginning of the game. The source of where pais are dealt . |
Pai tou |
Head |
The beginning of the wall. |
Pai Wei |
Tail |
The end of the wall. |
Pai Chi |
Floor |
The center of the wall where all the discarded pais are placed. |
Pai |
Pai |
The playing pieces – tiles. |
Xu su pai |
Serials |
Suits of tiles numbered 1-9. |
Tong zi |
Tans |
One of the three serial suits. |
Suo zi |
Soks |
One of the three serial suits. |
Wan zi |
Wans |
One of the three serial suits. |
San yuan pai |
Dragons |
A collective term for Red, Green and White dragons. |
Hong Zhong |
Red dragon |
One of the three dragons. |
Fai cai |
Green dragon |
One of the three dragons. |
Bai ban |
White dragon |
One of the three dragons. |
Feng Pai |
Winds |
Collective term for the East, South, West and North winds. |
Dong |
East |
One of the four winds. |
Nan |
South |
One of the four winds. |
Xi |
West |
One of the four winds. |
Bei |
North |
One of the four winds. |
Hau Pai |
Flowers |
Collective term for Blue Flowers and Red Flowers. |
Lan hua, mei, lan, zhu ju |
Blue flowers |
The flowers that make up the blue flowers collection. |
Hong hua, chun, xia, qui dong |
Red flowers |
The flowers that make up the red flowers collection. |
Fan zi |
Honors |
Collective term for Dragons and Winds. |
Chun yao jiu |
Terminals |
Collective term for 1 and 9 serials. |
Yao jiu |
Unios |
Collective term for Terminals and Honors |
Dui |
Pair |
Any two identical pais. |
Shun zi, chi |
Chow |
A set of three consecutive pais of any serials. |
Ke zi, peng |
Pung |
A set of three identical pais of any kind. |
Gang |
Kong |
A set of four identical pais of any kind. |
Yan |
Eye |
A set of two identical pais of any kind, in a winning hand. |
Fen |
Score or point |
Score given to the winning hand. |
An |
Concealed |
The concealed part of a hand. |
Ming |
Exposed |
The displayed portion of a hand. |
