mah-jongg

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   Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles

   Synonymsmahjong

   Broaderboard game

Questions about mah-jongg

What does mah-jongg mean?

mah-jongg means "Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles".

How many syllables are in mah-jongg?

mah-jongg has 2 syllables: mah--jongg. The stress falls on "mah-".

What is another word for mah-jongg?

Close synonyms include mahjong. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mah-jongg a common word?

mah-jongg is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.