majiang
See also: májiàng
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 麻將/麻将 (májiàng).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmajiang (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of mahjong
Translations
editmahjong — see mahjong
References
edit- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 482: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Ma-chiang (Majiang) 麻將”