麻將 mahjong

暗杠 drawing a tile by oneself, making four similar tiles of a kind and putting them face down

暗坎 concealing 3-tiles in order of a kind

八圈 eight rounds of play

邊張 side tiles

吃張 drawing

抽頭 the kitty

籌碼 counter; chip; dib

出張 discarding a tile

大滿貫 grand slam

單釣 waiting for one of the pair to win

單聽 awaiting the only one necessary tile to win

地和 going out or winning a hand after drawing only one tile

吊牌 fishing; awaiting one’s winning tile

對對胡 winning with all paired tiles

對門 opponent sitting opposite to one

對碰 waiting for two tiles to win; making two pairs

杠后開花 drawing a tile, after a gang, from the end of the wall to win the game

跟牌 following suit

進張 drawing a useful tile

扣牌 holding up a tile

攔和 be won by one’s left or opposing opponent with the same tile one needs

連莊 remaining the dealer

牌友 matching play

平和 a win without points

七對 seven pairs

砌牌 forming the wall of stacks

清一色 all of one suit; flush; having all tiles in one suit

全字 pure characters

缺一門 lacking a suit

三缺一 three players looking for one more player

上家 opponent on the left

十三幺 the thirteen orphans(1,9,and one of each character)

天和 a natural win; a heavenly hand

跳牌 skipping

聽牌 waiting for the one necessary tile to win

洗牌 shuffling the tiles

下家 opponent on the right

一對 one pair

一番 one time (in scoring)

一圈 a round

一條龍 a complete sequence from 1 to 9

詐和 declaring a false win

莊家 dealer

自摸 winning by one’s own draw

做相公 be unconscious of a shortage or surplus of tiles