麻雀
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English
- sparrow
- (dialect) mahjong
- sparrow
- Mahjong, a 4-player tile game consisting of 144 tiles that is played for leisure or gambling purposes
粵語 — Cantonese
- 鳥名。雀形目。圓頭,短尾,栗褐色,上雜有黑褐色斑點,翅膀短小,善於跳躍,以穀粒同昆蟲為主要食物(量詞:隻/群)
- 一種骨牌遊戲。共有一百四十四隻牌,四個人玩,可供消遣或賭博(量詞:副/隻)
Examples
麻雀正在树上唱歌。
The sparrow is singing in the trees.
Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY
瞄準麻雀, 擊中鵝。
I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose.
Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY
我覺得湯姆知道怎麼玩麻雀。
Tom knows how to play mahjong, I think.
Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY
麻雀牌
mahjong tile
打麻雀
to play mahjong
衞生麻雀
mahjong purely for fun without betting involved; literally: hygienic mahjong
嗰度有一群麻雀。
There are a group of sparrows.
你睇下隻麻雀幾得意!
Look! the sparrow is so cute! ----
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk