麻雀

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麻雀

1. sparrow (any member of the Passer genus), especially the tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
2. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Eastern Min, Pinghua) mahjong

   Alternative forms: 蔴雀, 麻鵲 / 麻鹊

3. (Nanjing Mandarin, euphemistic) penis

麻雀 was the original name of the game of mahjong, and this term is retained in many southern dialects. However, the name in modern standard Mandarin is 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

• (sparrow):

• (mahjong):

Others:

• Wutunhua: macio
• → Burmese: မာကျောက် (ma-kyauk, “mahjong”)
• → Dutch: matjok (“Surinamese variant of mahjong”)
• → Japanese: 麻(マー)雀(ジャン) (mājan) (orthographic)
• → Vietnamese: mạt chược (“mahjong”)
• → Zhuang: mazcoz (“mahjong”)

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “麻雀”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• “Entry #8123”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• “Entry #11971”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “麻雀”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 374.

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麻雀

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Mahjong

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First attested around the late Meiji period.

Borrowed from Mandarin 麻將 / 麻将 (májiàng).^[1][2]

The kanji form is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 麻雀 (máquè, literally “sparrow”), the original name for the game that is retained in some southern Chinese dialects.

• (Tokyo) マージャン (Heiban – )^[2]
• (Tokyo) マージャン (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

麻(マー)雀(ジャン) • (mājan) 

1. mahjong

Usually refers exclusively to the Japanese variation, also known as 立直麻雀 (rīchi mājan). See Japanese Mahjong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

• 雀(ジャン)士(し) (janshi)
• 雀(ジャン)荘(そう) (jansō)
• 脱(だつ)衣(い)麻(マー)雀(ジャン) (datsui mājan)

麻雀 • (majak) (hangeul 마작)

1. hanja form^? of 마작 (“mahjong”)

麻雀

1. chữ Hán form of mạt chược (“mahjong”).