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麻将

má jiàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 麻將 Measure word 局、副

麻将 (má jiàng) means "mahjong". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 麻将 means

1. mahjong

The characters in 麻将

• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use

Example sentences

• 我不会打麻将。
  I don't know how to play mahjong.
• 你知道怎么打麻将吗？
  Do you know how to play mahjong?
• 我听说他打麻将很厉害。
  I hear he is good at mahjong.
• 我觉得汤姆知道怎么玩麻将。
  Wǒ juéde Tāngmǔ zhīdào zěnme wán májiàng.
  Tom knows how to play mahjong, I think.
• 我的梦想是要成为一个顶级的麻将高手。
  Wǒ de mèngxiǎng shì yào chéngwéi yī gè dǐngjí de májiàng gāoshǒu.
  My dream is to become a very strong mahjong player.
• 志明真的很扯，每次打麻将都胡最后一把。
  Chih-ming’s insane — he always wins the last round in mahjong.

Words starting with 麻将

• 麻将牌má jiàng páimahjong tile

Words containing 麻将

• 搓麻将cuō má jiàngto play mahjong

Sounds the same

Read má jiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 麻酱sesame paste

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read má jiàng correctly.
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