麻雀

Chinese

(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp
(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
 
 bird; lentigo; sparrow
trad. (麻雀) 麻 雀
simp. #(麻雀) 麻 雀

Pronunciation

Noun

麻雀

  1. sparrow (any member of the Passer genus), especially the tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
  2. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Eastern Min, Pinghua) mahjong
    Alternative forms: 蔴雀, 麻鵲 / 麻鹊
  3. (Nanjing Mandarin, euphemistic) penis

Usage notes

麻雀 was the original name of the game of mahjong, and this term is retained in many southern varieties. However, the name in modern standard Mandarin is 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

Synonyms

  • (sparrow):
Dialectal synonyms of 麻雀 (“sparrow”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 雀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麻雀
Taxonomic name 麻雀
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 家雀兒, 老家賊, 老家子
Taiwan 麻雀
Langfang 家照兒
Chengde 家雀兒, 老家子
Ulanhot 家雀兒, 家賊
Tongliao 家雀兒, 家賊
Chifeng 麻雀, 家雀兒, 老家子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 麻雀, 家雀, 家賊
Heihe 麻雀, 家雀兒, 老家賊
Qiqihar 麻雀, 家雀, 老家賊
Harbin 麻雀, 家雀兒, 老家賊, 家賊
Jiamusi 家雀兒, 家賊
Baicheng 麻雀, 家雀兒
Changchun 家雀兒
Tonghua 家雀兒
Shenyang 麻雀, 家雀兒, 家賊
Jinzhou 麻雀兒, 家雀兒, 老家賊, 老家
Singapore 麻雀
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 家雀兒, 老家賊
Tangshan 麻雀, 家雀兒
Cangzhou 家雀兒, 老家趕
Baoding 老家
Shijiazhuang 家雀兒, 老家兒
Lijin 家雀, 家𪁏兒
Jinan 家雀兒, 家雀子, 家雀
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 家雀兒
Dandong 麻雀, 家雀兒
Yantai 家雀兒
Yantai (Muping) 家雀兒, 雀兒
Qingdao 家雀, 家雀兒, 家𪁏兒
Zhucheng 家𪁏子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 小蟲兒
Lingbao 喜蟲兒
Jining 小小蟲兒, 小蟲兒
Daming 小蟲兒
Wanrong 飛蟲
Linfen 飛娃
Shangqiu 麻雀, 小雀兒, 小蟲子
Yuanyang 麻雀, 小蟲兒
Zhengzhou 小蟲兒
Xinyang 麻雀
Baihe 麻雀兒
Xi'an 雀兒, 麻雀兒
Baoji 麻雀
Tianshui 麻雀
Xining 雀兒, 家拉拉
Xuzhou 小老雀兒, 老雀兒
Pizhou 家雀子, 老家子
Lianyungang (Ganyu) 麻雀子, 老家神
Donghai 家雀子, 老家
Fuyang 麻雀, 小小蟲
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 麻雀子
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 麻雀子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 麻雀子, 麻雀
Lanzhou 麻雀, 雀兒
Dunhuang 麻雀兒, 雀兒
Hami 麻雀
Ürümqi 麻雀, 麻雀子, 乾頭麻雀子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 麻雀, 家麻雀, 麻雀子, 麻雀兒
Nanchong 麻雀
Dazhou 麻雀兒
Hanyuan 麻雀子, 麻雀兒
Xichang 麻雀
Zigong 麻雀兒
Chongqing 麻雀兒
Wuhan 麻雀
Yichang 麻雀
Xiangyang 麻雀
Tianmen 麻雀
Guiyang 麻雀, 瓦雀
Zunyi 麻雀兒
Bijie 麻雀子
Liping 麻雀, 家麻雀
Zhaotong 穀雀
Dali 瓦雀
Kunming 麻雀, 小雀, 穀雀
Mengzi 瓦雀
Guilin 麻雀
Liuzhou 麻雀, 麻雀鳥
Jishou 麻雀
Changde 麻雀
Hanzhong 麻雀
Mae Salong (Lancang) 瓦雀
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 麻雀
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 麻雀, 麻雀兒
Yangzhou 麻雀子, 麻雀
Baoying 麻雀子
Taizhou 麻雀兒
Zhenjiang 麻雀兒
Lianyungang 麻雀, 家雀子, 家雀, 老雀
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 麻雀兒
Lianshui 家雀子
Xuyi 麻雀
Nantong 麻雀兒, 稻雀兒
Rugao 麻雀兒
Dongtai 麻雀子, 天飛子
Funing 麻雀子
Sihong 麻雀
Anqing 麻雀
Wuhu 麻雀子
Hefei 麻雀, 麻䨂子, 麻雀子
Huanggang 麻雀兒
Hong'an 麻雀
Cantonese Guangzhou 麻雀, 禾花雀, 麻甩
Hong Kong 麻雀
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 麻雀
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 麻雀
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 麻雀仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 麻雀
Macau 麻雀
Guangzhou (Panyu) 麻雀
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 禾雀
Guangzhou (Conghua) 禾雀仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 麻甩
Foshan 禾雀
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 胡雀
Foshan (Shunde) 禾花雀
Foshan (Sanshui) 禾雀
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 禾丫雀
Zhongshan (Huancheng) 禾丫雀
Zhongshan (Nanlang) 禾丫雀
Zhongshan (Xiaolan) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Henglan) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Dongfeng) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Nantou) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Fusha) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Shalang) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Gangkou) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Huangpu) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Sanjiao) 麻甩
Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Minzhong) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Guzhen) 禾雀
Zhongshan (Banfu) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhongshan (Tanzhou) 禾花雀, 麻雀
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 麻雀
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 禾花雀
Zhuhai (Doumen) 禾雀
Jiangmen (Baisha) 禾雀
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 禾雀
Taishan 禾雀, 麻雀
Kaiping (Chikan) 禾雀
Enping (Niujiang) 禾雀
Heshan (Yayao) 禾雀
Dongguan 麻雀, 麻鷝 Qishi
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 麻雀
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 麻雀仔
Qingyuan 禾雀仔
Fogang 麻雀
Yingde (Hanguang) 禾花雀
Yangshan 麻雀仔
Lianshan (Butian) 麻雀
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 麻雀
Shaoguan 麻雀
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 麻雀, 禾雀
Renhua 禾雀仔, 禾鷝仔
Lechang 禾雀仔, 麻雀
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 麻甩
Sihui 麻雀, 馬騮兒
Guangning 禾穀仔
Deqing 禾花雀
Huaiji 麻甩仔
Fengkai (Shengli, Jiangkou) 麻雀兒
Yunfu 麻雀
Xinxing 麻乜
Luoding 麻雀
Yunan (Pingtai) 麻雀
Yangjiang 麻雀仔
Xinyi 麻雀
Lianjiang 麻雀仔
Nanning 麻雀
Wuzhou 麻雀仔, 禾穀雀
Yulin 麻雀
Hepu (Lianzhou) 麻啲, 禾穀雀
Beihai 麻啲
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 麻雀仔
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 麻雀仔
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 麻雀仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 麻雀仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 麻雀
Móng Cái 麻雀
Gan Nanchang 奸雀子, 奸雀, 麻雀子, 麻雀
Pengze 麻雀
Lichuan 禾接
Pingxiang 麻雀, 麻雀鳥仔, 麻雀仔
Guixi 麻雀鳥仂
Hakka Meixian 禾鷝仔
Xingning 禾鷝哩
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 麻雀, 麻雀仔, 禾花雀
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 麻雀仔
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 麻雀仔
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 麻雀
Huidong (Daling) 禾鷝仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 麻雀
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 禾雀
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 禾烈
Boluo (Bendihua) 麻雀哎
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 麻雀
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 鵝鷝仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 麻雀仔
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 禾鷝哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 禾鷝哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 禾鷝哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 禾雀, 麻雀
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 禾雀
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 禾雀
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 禾雀
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 禾雀
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 禾雀
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 禾鷝
Wengyuan 禾鷝仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 禾鷝子
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 禾雀
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 禾雀
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 禾鷝仔
Liannan 麻雀
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 麻雀
Jiexi 禾鷝
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 禾鷝子
Changting 禾鷝子, 麻鷝雀哩
Wuping 禾鷝子
Wuping (Yanqian) 禾鷝子
Wuping (Pingyu) 禾鷝子
Liancheng 禾雀鳥
Ninghua 禾鷝子, 禾雀仔
Yudu 麻鳥子
Ningdu 麻鳥子
Ruijin 禾鷝子, 麻鳥子
Shicheng 禾雀, 禾雀子
Shangyou (Shexi) 麻鳥子
Tonggu (Sandu) 麻鳥子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 麻鳥子
Dayu 麻鳥哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 屋角鳥, 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 禾鷝仔, 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 麻雀, 屋檐鳥
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 屋檐鳥
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 屋角鳥
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 屋檐鳥
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 瓦雀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 屋檐鳥
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 瓦雀
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 必子鳥, 屋檐鳥, 屋角鳥
Hong Kong 禾鷝仔, 麻雀仔
Yangxi (Tangkou) 麻雀子
Yangchun (Sanjia) 麻雀
Xinyi (Sihe) 瓦筒雀
Xinyi (Qianpai) 麻雀
Gaozhou (Xindong) 禾鷝
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 瓦鷝子
Huazhou (Xin'an) 瓦雀子
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 穀鷝子
Lianjiang (Qingping) 鳥子
Mengshan (Xihe) 麻尾鳥
Luchuan 麻麥鳥
Sabah (Longchuan) 麻雀
Senai (Huiyang) 麻雀
Senai (Hepo) 麻雀, 禾鷝 dated
Huizhou Jixi 麻雀
Shexian 麻雀
Huangshan (Tunxi) 麻雀兒
Xiuning 米𪇹兒
Yixian 米雀兒
Qimen 麻雀兒
Wuyuan 童梁, 童梁鳥, 麻雀
Fuliang 麻雀
Dexing 麻雀鳥
Jin Taiyuan 雀兒, 家雀兒, 麻雀, 鳥兒
Pingyao 雀兒, 土雀兒, 老家雀
Yangyuan 麻雀, 家巴子
Datong 家巴雀兒, 家巴子
Xinzhou 飛鳥兒, 小雀兒
Lüliang (Lishi) 麻雀, 雀兒
Changzhi 小蟲兒, 小蟲子
Linhe 麻雀兒, 老家子
Jining 麻雀
Hohhot 麻雀, 老家子
Dongsheng 老家子
Erenhot 麻雀
Pingshan 家雀兒
Zhangjiakou 麻雀, 家雀兒
Handan 麻雀, 小蟲兒
Linzhou 小蟲兒
Suide 雀兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 毛隻仔, 隻仔
Jian'ou (Dikou) 黃鷝仔
Songxi 雀鳥仔
Zhenghe 隻鳥仔
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 雀鳥
Jianyang 隻仔
Wuyishan 禾隻仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 禾味仔, 隻仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 隻隻, 隻囝 suburban
Fuzhou (Changle) 隻隻
Fuqing 隻囝
Yongtai 隻囝
Gutian 隻鳥
Fu'an 王鴓
Ningde 粟鳥
Shouning 鸕鴓
Zhouning 隻囝
Fuding 麻鳥
Matsu 隻隻
Southern Min Xiamen 粟鳥仔
Quanzhou 粟鳥仔
Jinjiang 粟鳥, 雀仔
Hui'an 雀仔
Yongchun 粟鳥
Zhangzhou 粟鳥仔, 厝頭雀仔
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 厝頭雀仔
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 粟鳥仔
Zhangpu 厝頭雀仔
Zhao'an 麻鳥賊仔, 麻鳥賊
Dongshan 松鳥仔
Taipei 粟鳥仔
Taipei (Wanhua) 粟鳥仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 粟鳥仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 粟鳥
New Taipei (Pingxi) 粟鳥
Kaohsiung 厝角鳥仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 厝角鳥仔
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 厝鳥仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 厝鳥
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 厝角鳥仔
Yilan 粟鳥仔
Yilan (Luodong) 粟鳥仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 粟鳥仔
Changhua (Lukang) 粟鳥仔
Changhua (Yongjing) 厝鳥
Taichung 厝鳥仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 粟鳥仔
Tainan 厝角鳥, 厝角鳥仔
Tainan (Anping) 厝角鳥仔
Taitung 厝鳥仔
Hsinchu 粟鳥仔, 厝鳥仔
Chiayi 厝鳥仔
Chiayi County (Dongshi) 厝鳥仔
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 厝鳥仔
Kinmen 杙鳥仔
Kinmen (Jinsha) 杙鳥仔
Penghu (Magong) 厝角鳥, 厝鳥
Penghu (Xiyu) 厝角鳥
Penang (Hokkien) 粟仔鳥, 麻雀鳥
Singapore (Hokkien) 粟鳥仔, 粟鳥, 麻雀
Datian 檐賓仔
Chaozhou 麻雀
Shantou 麻雀
Jieyang 麻雀
Haifeng 麻雀
Bangkok (Teochew) 麻雀
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 麻雀
Leizhou 鳥暝
Wenchang 鳥暝
Haikou 鳥暝
Qionghai 雀暝
Puxian Min Putian 鳥囝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 鳥囝
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 鳥囝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 鳥囝
Xianyou 鳥囝, 雀囝
Xianyou (Fengting) 雀囝
Xianyou (Youyang) 碧隻囝
Central Min Yong'an 麻雀仔, 百家鷂, 禾穀仔
Sanming (Sanyuan) 斑雀仔
Sanming (Shaxian) 雀仔
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 麻鳥, 禾花雀
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 偷飯雀, 麻鷝雀, 麻雀
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 麻雀
Shehua Fuding 麻鳥
Sanming 八哥鳥
Hua'an 麻雀
Jingning (Hexi) 食穀鳥
Chaozhou 麻雀
Fengshun 禾鷝
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 麻雀子
Wu Shanghai 麻雀, 麻將鳥, 麻將 dated, 麻鳥 dated
Shanghai (Jinshan) 麻鳥
Shanghai (Jiading) 麻雀兒
Shanghai (Chongming) 麻將
Suzhou 麻雀
Wuxi 麻雀, 麻雀則
Changshu 麻雀
Nantong (Haimen) 麻將
Changzhou 麻雀則
Danyang 麻雀, 麻雀雀, 麻雀則
Nanjing (Gaochun) 麻雀則
Hangzhou 麻雀兒, 雀兒
Ningbo 麻將
Wenzhou 雀兒, 吃穀雀兒
Jinhua 麻雀兒, 麻雀
Jinhua (Tangxi) 麻雀兒
Xiang Changsha 麻雀子, 麻雀
Loudi 麻雀子
Shuangfeng 麻賊子
Hengyang 麻雀子
Quanzhou 麻雀
  • (mahjong):
Dialectal synonyms of 麻將 (“mahjong”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麻將
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 麻將
Taiwan 麻將
Chengde 麻將
Ulanhot 麻將
Tongliao 麻將
Chifeng 麻將
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 麻將
Heihe 麻將
Qiqihar 麻將
Harbin 麻將
Jiamusi 麻將
Baicheng 麻將
Changchun 麻將
Tonghua 麻將
Shenyang 麻將
Jinzhou 麻將
Malaysia 麻將
Singapore 麻將
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 麻將
Tangshan 麻將
Cangzhou 麻將
Baoding 麻將
Shijiazhuang 麻將
Lijin 麻將
Jinan 麻將
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 麻將
Dandong 麻將
Yantai 麻將
Yantai (Muping) 麻將
Qingdao 麻將
Zhucheng 麻將
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 麻將
Lingbao 麻將
Jining 麻將
Wanrong 麻將
Linfen 麻將, 骨牌
Shangqiu 麻將
Yuanyang 麻將
Zhengzhou 麻將
Xinyang 麻將
Baihe 麻將
Xi'an 麻將
Baoji 麻將
Tianshui 麻將
Xining 麻將
Xuzhou 麻將, 方城戲 humorous, 竹城戲 humorous
Fuyang 麻將
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 麻將
Bayanhot 麻將
Lanzhou 麻將
Dunhuang 麻將
Hami 麻將
Ürümqi 麻將
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 麻將
Nanchong 麻將
Dazhou 麻將
Hanyuan 麻將
Xichang 麻將
Zigong 麻將
Chongqing 麻將
Wuhan 麻將
Yichang 麻將
Xiangyang 麻將
Tianmen 麻將
Guiyang 麻將, 麻雀
Zunyi 麻將
Bijie 麻將
Liping 麻將
Zhaotong 麻將
Dali 麻將
Kunming 麻將
Mengzi 麻將
Guilin 麻將
Liuzhou 麻將
Jishou 麻將
Changde 麻將
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 麻將
Hanzhong 麻將
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 麻將
Yangzhou 麻將牌, 麻將
Lianyungang 麻將
Lianshui 麻將
Nantong 麻將
Anqing 麻將
Wuhu 麻將
Hefei 麻將
Hong'an 麻將, 骨牌
Cantonese Guangzhou 麻雀
Hong Kong 麻雀
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 麻雀
Macau 麻雀
Guangzhou (Panyu) 麻雀
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 麻雀
Guangzhou (Conghua) 麻雀
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 麻雀
Foshan 麻雀
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 麻雀
Foshan (Shunde) 麻雀
Foshan (Sanshui) 麻雀
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 麻雀
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 麻雀
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 麻雀
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 麻雀
Zhuhai (Doumen) 麻雀
Jiangmen (Baisha) 麻雀
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 麻雀
Taishan 麻雀
Kaiping (Chikan) 麻雀
Enping (Niujiang) 麻雀
Heshan (Yayao) 麻雀
Dongguan 麻雀
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 麻雀
Qingyuan 麻雀
Fogang 麻雀
Yingde (Hanguang) 麻雀
Yangshan 麻雀
Lianshan (Butian) 麻雀
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 麻雀
Shaoguan 麻雀
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 麻將
Renhua 麻雀
Lechang 麻雀
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 麻雀
Sihui 麻將
Guangning 麻雀
Deqing 麻雀
Huaiji 麻雀
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 麻雀
Yunfu 麻雀
Xinxing 麻雀
Luoding 麻雀
Yunan (Pingtai) 麻雀
Xinyi 麻雀
Lianjiang 麻雀
Nanning 麻雀, 麻將
Wuzhou 麻雀, 麻將
Yulin 麻將
Hepu (Lianzhou) 麻將
Baise 麻雀
Qinzhou 麻將
Singapore (Guangfu) 麻雀
Gan Nanchang 麻將
Lichuan 麻將
Pingxiang 麻將
Hakka Meixian 麻雀
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 麻雀
Dongguan (Qingxi) 麻雀
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 麻雀
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 麻雀
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 麻雀
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 麻雀
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 麻雀
Yudu 麻將, 貫索牌子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麻雀
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麻雀
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麻雀
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 麻雀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麻雀
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 麻雀
Luchuan (Daqiao) 麻將
Singkawang 麻雀
Huizhou Jixi 麻將
Shexian 麻將
Jin Taiyuan 麻將
Pingyao 麻將
Yangyuan 麻將
Datong 麻架
Xinzhou 麻將
Lüliang (Lishi) 麻架
Changzhi 麻將
Taibus (Baochang) 麻將
Linhe 麻架
Jining 麻架, 麻將
Hohhot 麻架
Baotou 麻將
Dongsheng 麻將
Haibowan 麻將
Erenhot 麻架
Pingshan 麻將
Zhangjiakou 麻將
Handan 麻將
Linzhou 麻將
Suide 麻將
Northern Min Jian'ou 雀牌
Eastern Min Fuzhou 麻雀
Fuqing 麻雀
Southern Min Xiamen 麻雀
Quanzhou 麻雀
Yongchun 麻雀
Zhangzhou 麻雀
Tainan 麻雀
Penang (Hokkien) 麻雀
Singapore (Hokkien) 麻雀
Manila (Hokkien) 麻雀
Zhangping 麻雀
Pingnan (Shangdu) 麻將
Shantou 麻雀
Jieyang 麻雀
Singapore (Teochew) 麻雀
Leizhou 麻雀
Wenchang 麻雀
Haikou 麻雀
Qionghai 麻雀
Puxian Min Putian 麻雀
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 麻雀
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 麻雀
Xianyou 麻雀
Xianyou (Fengting) 麻雀
Xianyou (Youyang) 麻雀
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 麻鳥
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 麻雀
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麻雀, 麻雀牌, 麻將
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 麻將
Wu Shanghai 麻將, 麻將牌
Shanghai (Chongming) 麻將
Suzhou 麻將
Danyang 麻將, 麻將牌
Hangzhou 麻將
Ningbo 麻將, 麻將牌
Wenzhou 麻將
Jinhua 麻將
Xiang Changsha 麻將
Loudi 麻將
Quanzhou 麻將

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (麻雀):
  • → Korean: 마작(麻雀) (majak, “mahjong”)

Others:

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麻 雀
マ > マー
Grade: S 		ジャン
Jinmeiyō
tōon kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
麻将 (rare)

Etymology

First attested around the late Meiji period.

Borrowed from Mandarin 麻將 / 麻将 (májiàng).[1][2]

The kanji form is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 麻雀 (máquè, literally “sparrow”), the original name for the game that is retained in some southern Chinese dialects.

Pronunciation

Noun

麻(マー)雀(ジャン) • (mājan) 

  1. mahjong

Usage notes

Usually refers exclusively to the Japanese variation, also known as 立直麻雀 (rīchi mājan). See Japanese Mahjong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
麻雀

Noun

麻雀 • (majak) (hangeul 마작)

  1. hanja form? of 마작 (“mahjong”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
麻雀

Noun

麻雀

  1. chữ Hán form of mạt chược (“mahjong”)
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