mahjong
noun🔊/mɑːˈdʒɒŋ/
🔊/mɑːˈʒɑːŋ/
(also mahjongg especially in North American English)
[uncountable] (from Chinese)a Chinese game played with small pieces of wood with symbols on them 麻将 Word Originfrom Chinese dialect ma-tsiang, literally ‘sparrows’.