mahjong
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mah·jong
also mah·jongg (mä′zhŏng′, -zhông′)n.
A game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with tiles resembling dominoes and bearing various designs, which are drawn and discarded until one player wins with a hand of four combinations of three tiles each and a pair of matching tiles.
[Mandarin májiàng.]
mahjong
(ˌmɑːˈdʒɒŋ) ormah-jongg
n
(Games, other than specified) a game of Chinese origin, usually played by four people, in which tiles bearing various designs are drawn and discarded until one player has an entire hand of winning combinations
[from Chinese, literally: sparrows]
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| Noun | 1. |  mahjong - Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tilesboard game - a game played on a specially designed board |