mahjong

UK: /ˌmɑːˈdʒɒŋ/

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mahjong, mah-jongg / ˌmɑːˈdʒɒŋ/ noun

1. 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

Etymology: from Chinese, literally: sparrows

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mah-jongg or mah•jong /ˈmɑˈdʒɔŋ, -ˈdʒɑŋ, -ˈʒɔŋ, -ˈʒɑŋ/   n. [uncountable]

1. Games a game of Chinese origin played by four persons with dominolike tiles.

Also, ˈmah-ˈjong. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mah-jongg  (mä′jông′, -jong′, -zhông′, -zhong′), n. 

1. Games a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.

v.i. 

2. Games to win a game of mah-jongg.

Also, mah′-jong′. 

• dialect, dialectal Chinese; compare Guangdong dialect, dialectal màh-jéuk, Chinese máquè literally, sparrow (depicted on the first tile of a set), equivalent. to má hemp + què bird
• 1920–25