中国麻将英文词汇

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
边张：side tiles
吃张：drawing
抽头：the kitty
筹码：counter; chip; dib
出张：discarding a tile
大满贯：grand slam
单钓：waiting for one of the pair to win
单听：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
对对胡：winning with all paired tiles
对门：opponent sitting opposite to one
对碰：waiting for two tiles to win; making two pairs
杠后开花：drawing a tile, after a gang, from the end of the wall to win the game
跟牌：following suit
进张：drawing a useful tile
扣牌：holding up a tile
拦和：be won by one’s left or opposing opponent with the same tile one needs
连庄：remaining the dealer
牌友：matching play
平和：a win without points
七对：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
缺一门：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
听牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win
洗牌：shuffling the tiles
下家：opponent on the right
一对：one pair
一番：one time (in scoring)
一圈：a round
一条龙：a complete sequence from 1 to 9
诈和：declaring a false win
庄家：dealer
自摸：winning by one’s own draw
做相公：be unconscious of a shortage or surplus of tiles