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萬 · The character on the tile means ten thousand
萬/万 is the number a mahjong suit is named for, and it is live modern Chinese.
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萬wànten thousand
同一个字 · THE SAME CHARACTER
萬 = 万
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萬 | wàn | traditional, on the tile |
| 万 | wàn | simplified, everywhere else |
Chinese counts in ten-thousands: 一万 is 10,000 and 十万 is 100,000. The tile is teaching you the unit.
What this card is
A one-page Chinese lesson from the 麻将 Mahjong set, filed under 将 · Mahjong. 萬/万 is the number a mahjong suit is named for, and it is live modern Chinese.
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Where it fits
The source: 萬 in the dictionary.
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- 筒子 · Dots — Circles, not characters. Count the dots and say the number yourself.
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- 風牌 · Winds — The four directions, in the order they are seated: 东南西北.
- 箭牌 · Dragons — Also 三元牌. Three tiles that are three ordinary words: centre, wealth, blank.
- 麻将 · Every character on a tile is HSK Chinese — The characters stamped on a mahjong set are HSK 1–4 vocabulary.
- 说 · What you say at the table — The words a real game runs on.
- 说 · More of what you say at the table — The calls that decide a hand.
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