麻 má
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 麻 — hemp, flax, sesame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
麻将
májiàng
mahjong
Characters in this word
将 jiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 丬 — half of tree trunk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这部纪录片把麻将桌上的闲谈拍成了观察地方社会关系的窗口。 Zhè bù jìlùpiàn bǎ májiàng zhuō shàng de xiántán pāi chéng le guānchá dìfāng shèhuì guānxi de chuāngkǒu. This documentary turns the casual talk around a mahjong table into a window for observing local social relations.
- 过年的时候，一家人围着桌子打麻将。 Guònián de shíhou, yì jiā rén wéi zhe zhuōzi dǎ májiàng. At New Year the whole family sits around the table playing mahjong.
- 我不会打麻将，但喜欢看大家一边聊天一边摸牌。 Wǒ bú huì dǎ májiàng, dàn xǐhuan kàn dàjiā yìbiān liáotiān yìbiān mō pái. I can't play mahjong, but I like watching everyone chat while drawing tiles.
Related words
- 麻烦 máfan troublesome; to bother
- 麻 má numb; tingling
- 麻 má hemp; flax
- 麻痹 mábì to paralyse; numb; to lull into carelessness
- 麻辣 málà numbing and spicy
- 麻木 mámù numb; insensitive; indifferent
- 麻醉 mázuì to anaesthetise; to numb
- 芝麻 zhīma sesame; trivial matter
- 将近 jiāngjìn nearly; almost
- 将来 jiānglái future
- 即将 jíjiāng soon; about to
- 将 jiāng will (future marker)