Chinese symbol for “mahjong”
麻将
má jiàng
Traditional: 麻將
mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mahjong is 麻将 (má jiàng), defined as: mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mahjong”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 麻将.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong |
| 即将 (即將) | jí jiāng | about to; on the point of; soon |
| 将军 (將軍) | jiāng jūn | general; high-ranking military officer |
| 将会 (將會) | jiāng huì | auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mahjong”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.