mahjong

See also: mah-jong

English

Alternative forms

• majiang
• mah-jong
• mahjongg, mah-jongg, mah jongg
• Mah Jong

Etymology

From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/, /mɑːˈʒɒŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑˈd͡ʒɔŋ/, /mɑˈʒɔŋ/
  • (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /mɑˈd͡ʒɑŋ/, /mɑˈʒɑŋ/

Noun

mahjong (uncountable)

1. A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
2. A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.

Synonyms

• (a solitaire game): mahjong solitaire

Translations

game for four players

• Arabic: مَا جُونْغ m (mā jūnḡ)
• Armenian: մահջոնգ (mahǰong)
• Burmese: မာကျောက် (my) (ma-kyauk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麻雀 (yue) (maa⁴ zoek³, maa⁴ zoek^3-2)

  Hakka: 麻雀 (mà-chiok)

  Hokkien: 麻雀 (zh-min-nan) (môa-chhiok, mâ-chhiok, bâ-chhiok)

  Mandarin: 麻將／麻将 (zh) (májiàng), 麻雀 (zh) (máquè) (rare)

• Dutch: mahjong (nl) n, matjok (nl) n (Suriname)
• Esperanto: maĝango
• Finnish: mahjong (fi)
• French: mah-jong (fr) m
• German: Mah-Jongg n
• Hungarian: madzsong (hu)
• Indonesian: mahyong (id)
• Japanese: 麻雀 (ja) (mājan), 麻将 (ja) (マージャン, mājan)
• Korean: 마작(麻雀) (majak), 마장(麻將) (ko) (majang)
• Mongolian: маажаан (maažaan)
• Polish: madżong (pl)
• Portuguese: mahjong (pt) m, majongue (pt) m
• Russian: маджо́нг (ru) m (madžóng), мацзя́н m (maczján), мадзя́н m (madzján)
• Spanish: mahjong (es) m
• Tagalog: madyong
• Thai: ไพ่นกกระจอก (th) (pâi-nók-grà-jɔ̀ɔk)
• Ukrainian: маджонг (madžonh)
• Uyghur: ماجاڭ (majang)
• Vietnamese: mạt chược (vi) (麻雀 (vi))
• Zhuang: mazcoz

See also

• Appendix:Unicode/Mahjong Tiles

Finnish

Etymology

From English mahjong, from Cantonese 麻將／麻将 (maa4 zoeng3).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑhdʒoŋ/, [ˈmɑ̝xdʒo̞ŋ]

Noun

mahjong

1. mahjong (game for four)
2. mahjong (solitaire)

Declension

Inflection of mahjong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		mahjong	mahjongit
genitive		mahjongin	mahjongien
partitive		mahjongia	mahjongeja
illative		mahjongiin	mahjongeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mahjong	mahjongit
accusative	nom.	mahjong	mahjongit
	gen.	mahjongin
genitive		mahjongin	mahjongien
partitive		mahjongia	mahjongeja
inessive		mahjongissa	mahjongeissa
elative		mahjongista	mahjongeista
illative		mahjongiin	mahjongeihin
adessive		mahjongilla	mahjongeilla
ablative		mahjongilta	mahjongeilta
allative		mahjongille	mahjongeille
essive		mahjongina	mahjongeina
translative		mahjongiksi	mahjongeiksi
abessive		mahjongitta	mahjongeitta
instructive		—	mahjongein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mahjong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mahjongini mahjongini accusative nom. mahjongini mahjongini gen. mahjongini genitive mahjongini mahjongieni partitive mahjongiani mahjongejani inessive mahjongissani mahjongeissani elative mahjongistani mahjongeistani illative mahjongiini mahjongeihini adessive mahjongillani mahjongeillani ablative mahjongiltani mahjongeiltani allative mahjongilleni mahjongeilleni essive mahjonginani mahjongeinani translative mahjongikseni mahjongeikseni abessive mahjongittani mahjongeittani instructive — — comitative — mahjongeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mahjongisi mahjongisi accusative nom. mahjongisi mahjongisi gen. mahjongisi genitive mahjongisi mahjongiesi partitive mahjongiasi mahjongejasi inessive mahjongissasi mahjongeissasi elative mahjongistasi mahjongeistasi illative mahjongiisi mahjongeihisi adessive mahjongillasi mahjongeillasi ablative mahjongiltasi mahjongeiltasi allative mahjongillesi mahjongeillesi essive mahjonginasi mahjongeinasi translative mahjongiksesi mahjongeiksesi abessive mahjongittasi mahjongeittasi instructive — — comitative — mahjongeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mahjongimme mahjongimme accusative nom. mahjongimme mahjongimme gen. mahjongimme genitive mahjongimme mahjongiemme partitive mahjongiamme mahjongejamme inessive mahjongissamme mahjongeissamme elative mahjongistamme mahjongeistamme illative mahjongiimme mahjongeihimme adessive mahjongillamme mahjongeillamme ablative mahjongiltamme mahjongeiltamme allative mahjongillemme mahjongeillemme essive mahjonginamme mahjongeinamme translative mahjongiksemme mahjongeiksemme abessive mahjongittamme mahjongeittamme instructive — — comitative — mahjongeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mahjonginne mahjonginne accusative nom. mahjonginne mahjonginne gen. mahjonginne genitive mahjonginne mahjongienne partitive mahjongianne mahjongejanne inessive mahjongissanne mahjongeissanne elative mahjongistanne mahjongeistanne illative mahjongiinne mahjongeihinne adessive mahjongillanne mahjongeillanne ablative mahjongiltanne mahjongeiltanne allative mahjongillenne mahjongeillenne essive mahjonginanne mahjongeinanne translative mahjongiksenne mahjongeiksenne abessive mahjongittanne mahjongeittanne instructive — — comitative — mahjongeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mahjonginsa mahjonginsa accusative nom. mahjonginsa mahjonginsa gen. mahjonginsa genitive mahjonginsa mahjongiensa partitive mahjongiaan mahjongiansa mahjongejaan mahjongejansa inessive mahjongissaan mahjongissansa mahjongeissaan mahjongeissansa elative mahjongistaan mahjongistansa mahjongeistaan mahjongeistansa illative mahjongiinsa mahjongeihinsa adessive mahjongillaan mahjongillansa mahjongeillaan mahjongeillansa ablative mahjongiltaan mahjongiltansa mahjongeiltaan mahjongeiltansa allative mahjongilleen mahjongillensa mahjongeilleen mahjongeillensa essive mahjonginaan mahjonginansa mahjongeinaan mahjongeinansa translative mahjongikseen mahjongiksensa mahjongeikseen mahjongeiksensa abessive mahjongittaan mahjongittansa mahjongeittaan mahjongeittansa instructive — — comitative — mahjongeineen mahjongeinensa

Further reading

• “mahjong”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Portuguese

Noun

mahjong m (uncountable)

1. mahjong (Chinese tile game)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mahjong, from Chinese 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

Noun

mahjong c

1. mahjong (Chinese tile game)

Declension

Declension of mahjong
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mahjong	mahjongen	—	—
Genitive	mahjongs	mahjongens	—	—

Further reading

• mahjong in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker