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教老外打麻将必备英语

　　麻将牌：mah-jong, mah-jongg

　　棋牌室：Chess & Poker Room

　　筒子：the circle tiles

　　索子：the bamboo tiles

　　万子：the character tiles

　　番子：the honor tiles

　　花牌：flower tiles

　　上：claiming a tile to match a sequence

　　碰：claiming a tile to match a triplet

　　杠：claiming a tile for a quadruplet

　　和：claiming a tile to win

　　抽头：the kitty

　　筹码：counter; chip; dib

　　牌友：matching play

　　边张：side tiles

　　吃张：drawing

　　庄家：dealer

　　上家：opponent on the left

　　下家：opponent on the right

　　对门：opponent sitting opposite to one

　　三缺一：three players looking for one more player

　　跳牌：skipping

　　出张：discarding a tile

　　洗牌：shuffling the tiles

　　连庄：remaining the dealer

　　一对：one pair

　　一番：one time (in scoring)

　　一圈：a round

　　跟牌：following suit

　　进张：drawing a useful tile

　　对碰：waiting for two tiles to win; making two pairs

　　扣牌：holding up a tile

　　听牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win

　　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

　　缺一门：lacking a suit

　　抢杠：robbing a gong

　　单钓：waiting for one of the pair to win

　　单听：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

　　对对胡：winning with all paired tiles；all triplets

　　自摸：winning by one’s own draw；self-drawn

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

　　平和：a win without points

　　鸡和：chicken hand

　　平和：common hand

　　大满贯：grand slam

　　杠上开花：drawing a tile, after a gang, from the end of the wall to win the game；added glory to a gong

　　七对：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

　　门(前)清：all concealed hand  十三幺：the thirteen orphans(1,9,and one of each character)；13 terminal tiles

　　天和：a natural win; a heavenly hand

　　地和：earthly hand

　　一条龙：a complete sequence from 1 to 9

　　混一色：mixed one suit

　　小三元：junior 3 chiefs

　　大三元：grand 3 chiefs

　　海底捞月：catching the moon from the bottom of the sea

　　小四喜：junior 4 happiness

　　大四喜：grand 4 happiness

　　清一色：pure one suit

　　字一色：all honor tiles

　　诈和：declaring a false win；falsely declaring a win

　　做相公：be unconscious of a shortage or surplus of tiles

　　大/小相公：long or short hand