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麻雀 is the common and specific name for a hemp sparrow bird in Chinese.
This was also the original name for the game, known commonly as Mahjong. You will still see boxes of Mahjong tiles with the title 麻雀 for sparrow instead of the modern 麻將 in Southern China. This title is also used for Mahjong in Japan.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your mahjong search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
ウマ see styles |
uma ウマ |
More info & calligraphy: Uma |
麻將 麻将 see styles |
má jiàng ma2 jiang4 ma chiang |
More info & calligraphy: Mahjong |
麻雀 see styles |
má què ma2 que4 ma ch`üeh ma chüeh maajan(p); maajan(ik); maajan(ik) / majan(p); majan(ik); majan(ik) マージャン(P); まーじゃん(ik); まあじゃん(ik) |
More info & calligraphy: Sparrowmahjong (chi: májiàng); mah-jongg |
九 see styles |
jiǔ jiu3 chiu chuu / chu チュー |
nine; 9 (numeric) (クー, キュー or チュー in mahjong) nine (chi: jiǔ); (surname) Maru Navan; nava. Nine. |
六 see styles |
liù liu4 liu ryuu; riu; riu / ryu; riu; riu リュー; リィウ; リウ |
six; 6 (numeric) (ロー in mahjong) six (chi: liù); (surname, given name) Roku ṣaṭ, ṣaḍ. Six. |
牌 see styles |
pái pai2 p`ai pai pai パイ |
mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal; CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] (n,ctr) {mahj} tile (chi: pái) signboard |
胡 see styles |
hú hu2 hu ko こ |
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2]) barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; (surname) Fu How? Why? Hun; Turk; random; hemp; long-lived; pepper, etc.; translit. go, hu. |
荘 see styles |
zhuāng zhuang1 chuang chan チャン |
Japanese variant of 莊|庄 (suf,ctr) {mahj} counter for games of mahjong (chi: zhuāng); (surname) Teien |
和了 see styles |
hoora ホーラ |
(noun/participle) {mahj} (See 上がり・5) winning (of a hand) (chi: húle); declaring a win; going mahjong; going out |
和牌 see styles |
hú pái hu2 pai2 hu p`ai hu pai |
(mahjong) to complete a hand |
地和 see styles |
dì hú di4 hu2 ti hu chiihoo / chihoo チーホー |
(mahjong) earthly hand; a hand that is completed by a non-dealer on their first draw; (mahjong) to obtain an earthly hand {mahj} blessing of earth (chi:); winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn |
天和 see styles |
tiān hú tian1 hu2 t`ien hu tien hu tenna; tenwa てんな; てんわ |
(mahjong) heavenly hand; a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw; (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21); Tenwa era; (place-name) Tenwa |
打牌 see styles |
dǎ pái da3 pai2 ta p`ai ta pai dahai だはい |
to play mahjong or cards (noun/participle) {mahj} (See 切る・きる・17) discarding a tile |
搬磚 搬砖 see styles |
bān zhuān ban1 zhuan1 pan chuan |
to do hard physical labor (as a job); (fig.) to play mahjong |
摸牌 see styles |
mō pái mo1 pai2 mo p`ai mo pai moopai; moohai モーパイ; モーはい |
to draw a tile (at mahjong); to play mahjong (noun/participle) {mahj} identifying a piece by touch |
方城 see styles |
fāng chéng fang1 cheng2 fang ch`eng fang cheng houjou / hojo ほうじょう |
square castle; mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) (place-name, surname) Hōjō |
洗牌 see styles |
xǐ pái xi3 pai2 hsi p`ai hsi pai shiipai; senpai / shipai; senpai シーパイ; せんパイ |
to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc; (fig.) to reshuffle; to reorganize; to shake up; to restructure (1) {mahj} shuffling of tiles; (2) (せんパイ only) cleaning mahjong tiles |
牌型 see styles |
pái xíng pai2 xing2 p`ai hsing pai hsing |
hand (in mahjong or card games) |
牌局 see styles |
pái jú pai2 ju2 p`ai chü pai chü |
gambling get-together; game of cards, mahjong etc |
牌桌 see styles |
pái zhuō pai2 zhuo1 p`ai cho pai cho |
mahjong table; card table; gambling table; gaming table |
玩牌 see styles |
wán pái wan2 pai2 wan p`ai wan pai |
to play cards; to play mahjong |
相公 see styles |
xiàng gong xiang4 gong5 hsiang kung |
lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband |
聽牌 听牌 see styles |
tīng pái ting1 pai2 t`ing p`ai ting pai |
(mahjong) to be one tile away from completing a hand; (sports) to be on the verge of winning |
自摸 see styles |
zì mō zi4 mo1 tzu mo tsumo; tsuumoo / tsumo; tsumoo ツモ; ツーモー |
(mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile; (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate (1) (kana only) {mahj} drawing a tile from the wall (chi: zìmō); (2) (kana only) {mahj} win with a self-drawn tile; (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) {mahj} (See 門前清自摸和) winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles |
落汗 see styles |
lào hàn lao4 han4 lao han |
to stop sweating; (mahjong and card games) to mark the tiles or cards with one's sweat, fragrance etc |
雀卓 see styles |
jantaku ジャンたく |
{mahj} mahjong table |
雀士 see styles |
janshi ジャンし |
{mahj} mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast |
雀牌 see styles |
janpai ジャンパイ |
(abbreviation) {mahj} (See 麻雀牌) mahjong tile |
雀球 see styles |
jankyuu / jankyu ジャンきゅう |
jankyū; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong |
雀荘 see styles |
jansou / janso ジャンそう |
(mahj) mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Mahjong | 麻將 麻将 | má jiàng / ma2 jiang4 / ma jiang / majiang | ma chiang / machiang | |
Sparrow | 麻雀 | maa jan / maajan / ma jan | má què / ma2 que4 / ma que / maque | ma ch`üeh / machüeh / ma chüeh |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
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We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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