圣誕、元旦、春節假期快到了，大家要如何度過無聊的時光呢？

不如玩一下中國的國粹——麻將吧！既弘揚了中國博大精深的娛樂文化，又促進了友誼。娛樂的同時，咱們也學點麻將的英語吧……

麻將：mah-jong, mah-jongg

棋牌室：Chess &Poker Room

筒子：the circle tiles

索子：the bamboo tiles

萬子：the character tiles

番子：the honor tiles

花牌：flower tiles

上：claiming a tile to match a sequence

碰：claiming a tile to match a triplet

杠：claiming a tile for a quadruplet

和：claiming a tile to win

抽頭：the kitty

籌碼：counter; chip; dib

牌友：matching play

邊張：side tiles

吃張：drawing

莊家：dealer

上家：opponent on the left

下家：opponent on the right

對門：opponent sitting opposite to one

三缺一：three players looking for one more player

跳牌：skipping

出張：discarding a tile

洗牌：shuffling the tiles

連莊：remaining the dealer

一對：one pair

一番：one time (in scoring)

一圈：a round

跟牌：following suit

進張：drawing a useful tile

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

扣牌：holding up a tile

聽牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win

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

缺一門：lacking a suit

搶杠：robbing a gong

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；all triplets

自摸：winning by one's own draw；self-drawn

攔和：be won by one's left or opposing opponent with the same tile one needs

平和：a win without points

雞和：chicken hand

平和：common hand

大滿貫：grand slam

杠上開花：drawing a tile, after a gang, from the end of the wall to win the game；added glory to agong

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

門(前)清：all concealed hand

十三幺：the thirteen orphans(1,9,and one of each character)；13terminal tiles

天和：a natural win; a heavenly hand

地和：earthly hand

一條龍：a complete sequence from 1 to 9

混一色：mixed one suit

小三元：junior 3 chiefs

大三元：grand 3 chiefs

海底撈月：catching the moon from the bottom of the sea

小四喜：junior 4 happiness

大四喜：grand 4 happiness

清一色：pure one suit

字一色：all honor tiles

詐和：declaring a false win；falsely declaring a win

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

大/小相公：long or short hand

圣誕、元旦、春節假期快到了，大家要如何度過無聊的時光呢？

不如玩一下中國的國粹——麻將吧！既弘揚了中國博大精深的娛樂文化，又促進了友誼。娛樂的同時，咱們也學點麻將的英語吧……

麻將：mah-jong, mah-jongg

棋牌室：Chess &Poker Room

筒子：the circle tiles

索子：the bamboo tiles

萬子：the character tiles

番子：the honor tiles

花牌：flower tiles

上：claiming a tile to match a sequence

碰：claiming a tile to match a triplet

杠：claiming a tile for a quadruplet

和：claiming a tile to win

抽頭：the kitty

籌碼：counter; chip; dib

牌友：matching play

邊張：side tiles

吃張：drawing

莊家：dealer

上家：opponent on the left

下家：opponent on the right

對門：opponent sitting opposite to one

三缺一：three players looking for one more player

跳牌：skipping

出張：discarding a tile

洗牌：shuffling the tiles

連莊：remaining the dealer

一對：one pair

一番：one time (in scoring)

一圈：a round

跟牌：following suit

進張：drawing a useful tile

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

扣牌：holding up a tile

聽牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win

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

缺一門：lacking a suit

搶杠：robbing a gong

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；all triplets

自摸：winning by one's own draw；self-drawn

攔和：be won by one's left or opposing opponent with the same tile one needs

平和：a win without points

雞和：chicken hand

平和：common hand

大滿貫：grand slam

杠上開花：drawing a tile, after a gang, from the end of the wall to win the game；added glory to agong

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

門(前)清：all concealed hand

十三幺：the thirteen orphans(1,9,and one of each character)；13terminal tiles

天和：a natural win; a heavenly hand

地和：earthly hand

一條龍：a complete sequence from 1 to 9

混一色：mixed one suit

小三元：junior 3 chiefs

大三元：grand 3 chiefs

海底撈月：catching the moon from the bottom of the sea

小四喜：junior 4 happiness

大四喜：grand 4 happiness

清一色：pure one suit

字一色：all honor tiles

詐和：declaring a false win；falsely declaring a win

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

大/小相公：long or short hand