mah jongg in English

noun
1
a Chinese game played, usually by four people, with 136 or 144 rectangular pieces called tiles. The object is to collect winning sets of these tiles, as in card games such as gin rummy.

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1. Pretty sure he has mah-jongg tuesday mornings.

2. He's retired, deaf and plays a lot of mah- jongg.

3. He's retired, deaf and plays a lot of mah–jongg.

4. After I showed him this, he got up, and says, "mòmíngqímiào," which means, "This is all nonsense," and goes back to play his mah-jongg game during the afternoon.

5. After I showed him this, he got up, and says, " mòmíngqímiào, " which means, " This is all nonsense, " and goes back to play his mah- jongg game during the afternoon.

6. For example, auspicious numbers are chosen for lottery tickets; the uttering of certain words is forbidden among superstitious mah-jongg players; and a puff of air is blown over dice before they are thrown.