弘揚國粹：麻將英語表達

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



邊張：side tiles



吃張：drawing



抽頭：the kitty



籌碼：counter; chip; dib



出張：discarding a tile



大滿貫：grand slam



單釣：waiting for one of the pair to win



單聽：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



對對胡：winning with all paired tiles



對門：opponent sitting opposite to one



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



杠後開花：drawing a tile, after a gang, from the end of the



wall to win the game



跟牌：following suit



進張：drawing a useful tile



扣牌：holding up a tile



攔和：be won by one’s left or opposing opponent with the



same tile one needs



連莊：remaining the dealer



牌友：matching play



平和：a win without points



七對：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



缺一門：lacking a suit



三缺一：three players looking for one more player



上家：opponent on the left



十三幺：the thirteen orphans(1,9,and one of each character)



天和：a natural win; a heavenly hand



跳牌：skipping



聽牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win



洗牌：shuffling the tiles



下家：opponent on the right



一對：one pair



一番：one time (in scoring)



一圈：a round



一條龍：a complete sequence from 1 to 9



詐和：declaring a false win



莊家：dealer



自摸：winning by one’s own draw



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