麻将 meaning in English

májiàng

mahjong

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 麻將20 strokes

Meaning of 麻将

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

májiàng

Measure word: 局,副

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ不bú会huì打dǎ麻má将jiāng。

I don't know how to play mahjong.

你nǐ知zhī道dào怎zěn么me打dǎ麻má将jiāng吗ma？

Do you know how to play mahjong?

我wǒ听tīng说shuō他tā打dǎ麻má将jiāng很hěn厉lì害hài。

I hear he is good at mahjong.

志zhì明míng真zhēn的de很hěn扯chě，每měi次cì打dǎ麻má将jiāng都dōu胡hú最zuì后hòu一yī把bǎ。

Chih-ming’s insane — he always wins the last round in mahjong.

我wǒ的de梦mèng想xiǎng是shì要yào成chéng为wéi一yí个gè顶dǐng级jí的de麻má将jiāng高gāo手shǒu。

My dream is to become a very strong mahjong player.

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Words that share a character with 麻将.

麻烦	máfan	trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
将来	jiānglái	in the future; future
将近	jiāngjìn	almost; nearly
即将	jíjiāng	about to; on the point of; soon
将要	jiāngyào	will; shall
将军	jiāngjūn	general; high-ranking military officer
必将	bìjiāng	inevitably
麻醉	mázuì	anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (
麻木	mámù	numb; insensitive
麻痹	mábì	paralysis; palsy
芝麻	zhīma	sesame (seed)
麻辣	málà	hot and numbing

What does 麻将 mean?

麻将 (májiàng) means "mahjong" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 麻将?

麻将 is made of 2 characters: 麻 (11 strokes), 将 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 麻将 an HSK word?

Yes. 麻将 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 麻将 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 麻将 is written 麻將.