麻将牌：mah-jong, mah-jongg
　　棋牌室：Chess & Poker Room
　　筒子：the circle tiles
　　索子：the bamboo tiles
　　万子：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
　　抽头：the kitty
　　筹码：counter; chip; dib
　　牌友：matching play
　　边张：side tiles
　　吃张：drawing
　　庄家：dealer

　　上家：opponent on the left
　　下家：opponent on the right
　　对门：opponent sitting opposite to one
　　三缺一：three players looking for one more player
　　跳牌：skipping
　　出张：discarding a tile
　　洗牌：shuffling the tiles
　　连庄：remaining the dealer
　一对：one pair

　　一番：one time (in scoring)
　　一圈：a round
　　跟牌：following suit
　　进张：drawing a useful tile
　　对碰：waiting for two tiles to win; making two pairs
　　扣牌：holding up a tile

　　听牌：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
　缺一门：lacking a suit
　　抢杠：robbing a gong

　　单钓：waiting for one of the pair to win
　　单听：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
　　对对胡：winning with all paired tiles；all triplets
　　自摸：winning by one’s own draw；self-drawn

　　拦和：be won by one’s left or opposing opponent with the same tile one needs
　　平和：a win without points
　　鸡和：chicken hand
　　平和：common hand
　　大满贯：grand slam
　　杠上开花：drawing a tile, after a gang, from the end of the wall to win the game；added glory to a gong

　　七对：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
　　门(前)清：all concealed hand 十三幺：the thirteen orphans(1,9,and one of each character)；13 terminal tiles
　　天和：a natural win; a heavenly hand

　　地和：earthly hand
　　一条龙：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
　海底捞月：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
　　诈和：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