/mah"jawng", -jong", -zhawng", -zhong"/ , n.
1. a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
v.i.
2. to win a game of mah-jongg.
Also, mah-jong .
[ 1920-25; màh-jéuk, Chin máquè lit., sparrow (depicted on the first tile of a set), equiv. to má hemp + què bird ]