[DOC] [TLE] Mahjongg - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "Mahjongg" definition: a Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles. 
Synonyms: ... (24 of 690 words, 1 image) ... (mah-jongg) | a Chinese game 
played, usually by four people, with 136 or 144 rectangular pieces called tiles. ... 
Origin: dialect form of Chinese ma-ch'iao, literally, house sparrow, a figure on one 
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 ... The name  m jing is also mentioned in one of the earliest Chinese m 
... evidence derived from documents and novels, paints a picture of a game that 
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After Glover's 1875 term for house sparrow,  ji qio, we find, nearly ten 
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sets so far discovered, ... In line with subsequent students of Chinese playing 
cards such as Wilkinson and Culin et al, Himly .... In Himly's (1901) description of 
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jongg (m jng), four-handed game, probably of Chinese origin, popular in ... 
There are 108 suit tiles, 16 wind tiles, 12 dragon tiles, 8 flower tiles, and 8 jokers. 
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... The game mahjong became popular in Ming times and is played by four ... 
stands for house sparrow, because when the players are shuffling the tiles,

Question: The name of this game is Chinese for "house sparrow" a picture on one of the tiles
Answer: mah-jong