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麻雀
Mahjong
maa4 zoek3
A sparrow in Cantonese, a different word entirely in Mandarin — and 144 tiles with 42 faces.
全副 The whole set
Forty-two faces, set as text rather than pictures — every one has a
Unicode codepoint, so the tiles are characters in a paragraph and scale with the A⁺ control. Eighteen of the
names are a different word in Mandarin, not a different reading.
Suit
42 of 42 faces
一筒jat1 tung4one tubeMandarin: 一饼yī bǐng4 in a set二筒ji6 tung4two tubesMandarin: 二饼èr bǐng4 in a set三筒saam1 tung4three tubesMandarin: 三饼sān bǐng4 in a set四筒sei3 tung4four tubesMandarin: 四饼sì bǐng4 in a set五筒ng5 tung4five tubesMandarin: 五饼wǔ bǐng4 in a set六筒luk6 tung4six tubesMandarin: 六饼liù bǐng4 in a set七筒cat1 tung4seven tubesMandarin: 七饼qī bǐng4 in a set八筒baat3 tung4eight tubesMandarin: 八饼bā bǐng4 in a set九筒gau2 tung4nine tubesMandarin: 九饼jiǔ bǐng4 in a set一索jat1 sok3one bambooMandarin: 一条yī tiáoalso 幺雞4 in a set二索ji6 sok3two bamboosMandarin: 二条èr tiáo4 in a set三索saam1 sok3three bamboosMandarin: 三条sān tiáo4 in a set四索sei3 sok3four bamboosMandarin: 四条sì tiáo4 in a set五索ng5 sok3five bamboosMandarin: 五条wǔ tiáo4 in a set六索luk6 sok3six bamboosMandarin: 六条liù tiáo4 in a set七索cat1 sok3seven bamboosMandarin: 七条qī tiáo4 in a set八索baat3 sok3eight bamboosMandarin: 八条bā tiáo4 in a set九索gau2 sok3nine bamboosMandarin: 九条jiǔ tiáo4 in a set一萬jat1 maan6one ten-thousand4 in a set二萬ji6 maan6two ten-thousands4 in a set三萬saam1 maan6three ten-thousands4 in a set四萬sei3 maan6four ten-thousands4 in a set五萬ng5 maan6five ten-thousands4 in a set六萬luk6 maan6six ten-thousands4 in a set七萬cat1 maan6seven ten-thousands4 in a set八萬baat3 maan6eight ten-thousands4 in a set九萬gau2 maan6nine ten-thousands4 in a set東dung1east4 in a set北bak1north4 in a set南naam4south4 in a set西sai1west4 in a set發faat3prosper4 in a set中zung1centre4 in a set白baak6white4 in a set竹zuk1bamboo1 in a set菊guk1chrysanthemum1 in a set蘭laan4orchid1 in a set梅mui4plum1 in a set秋cau1autumn1 in a set春ceon1spring1 in a set夏haa6summer1 in a set冬dung1winter1 in a set
42 faces · 144 tiles · 18 named differently in Mandarin · compiled 27 August 2026 ·
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