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Japanese
Etymology
Clipping of 全帯么 (chantaiyao), itself short for 混全帯么九 (honchantaiyaochū). Ultimately from Mandarin, like most mahjong terminology.
Noun
チャンタ • (chanta)
- (mahjong) “common ends”; a 役 (yaku, “hand”) where all four groups in it, plus its pair, have at least one 么九牌 (yaochū-hai, “terminal or honor tile”); also translated in English as outside hand or half outside hand.
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