# mahjong
## English
### Alternative forms

* majiang
* mah-jong
* mahjongg, mah-jongg, mah jongg
* Mah Jong

### Etymology

From Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix /ŋ̍/.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/, /mɑːˈʒɒŋ/
* (US) IPA: /mɑˈd͡ʒɔŋ/, /mɑˈʒɔŋ/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /mɑˈd͡ʒɑŋ/, /mɑˈʒɑŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒŋ

### Noun

mahjong (uncountable)
* A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.
** 2000, Dennis Wee, Sylvia Fong, Making Luck with Your Hands, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore, page 59:My usual mahjong kaki.
** 2003, Neil Humphreys, “The Thief”, in Scribbles from the Same Island, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, published 2006, →ISBN, page 185:While most of the country has spent the weekend counting hongbaos and mahjong tiles, those guys have been out there salvaging hongbaos and half of Thomson Road.
* A solitaire game using the same tiles, where the player wins by removing pairs of matching exposed tiles until none remain.

#### Synonyms

* (a solitaire game): mahjong solitaire

#### See also

* Appendix:Unicode/Mahjong Tiles

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English mahjong, from Cantonese 麻將／麻将 (maa4 zoeng3).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑhdʒoŋ/, [ˈmɑ̝x.dʒo̞ŋ]
* Rhymes: -ɑhdʒoŋ

### Noun

mahjong
* mahjong (game for four)
* mahjong (solitaire)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mahjong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahjongini
mahjongini
accusative
nom.
mahjongini
mahjongini
gen.
mahjongini
genitive
mahjongini
mahjongieni
partitive
mahjongiani
mahjongejani
inessive
mahjongissani
mahjongeissani
elative
mahjongistani
mahjongeistani
illative
mahjongiini
mahjongeihini
adessive
mahjongillani
mahjongeillani
ablative
mahjongiltani
mahjongeiltani
allative
mahjongilleni
mahjongeilleni
essive
mahjonginani
mahjongeinani
translative
mahjongikseni
mahjongeikseni
abessive
mahjongittani
mahjongeittani
instructive
comitative
—mahjongeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahjongisi
mahjongisi
accusative
nom.
mahjongisi
mahjongisi
gen.
mahjongisi
genitive
mahjongisi
mahjongiesi
partitive
mahjongiasi
mahjongejasi
inessive
mahjongissasi
mahjongeissasi
elative
mahjongistasi
mahjongeistasi
illative
mahjongiisi
mahjongeihisi
adessive
mahjongillasi
mahjongeillasi
ablative
mahjongiltasi
mahjongeiltasi
allative
mahjongillesi
mahjongeillesi
essive
mahjonginasi
mahjongeinasi
translative
mahjongiksesi
mahjongeiksesi
abessive
mahjongittasi
mahjongeittasi
instructive
comitative
—mahjongeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahjongimme
mahjongimme
accusative
nom.
mahjongimme
mahjongimme
gen.
mahjongimme
genitive
mahjongimme
mahjongiemme
partitive
mahjongiamme
mahjongejamme
inessive
mahjongissamme
mahjongeissamme
elative
mahjongistamme
mahjongeistamme
illative
mahjongiimme
mahjongeihimme
adessive
mahjongillamme
mahjongeillamme
ablative
mahjongiltamme
mahjongeiltamme
allative
mahjongillemme
mahjongeillemme
essive
mahjonginamme
mahjongeinamme
translative
mahjongiksemme
mahjongeiksemme
abessive
mahjongittamme
mahjongeittamme
instructive
comitative
—mahjongeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahjonginne
mahjonginne
accusative
nom.
mahjonginne
mahjonginne
gen.
mahjonginne
genitive
mahjonginne
mahjongienne
partitive
mahjongianne
mahjongejanne
inessive
mahjongissanne
mahjongeissanne
elative
mahjongistanne
mahjongeistanne
illative
mahjongiinne
mahjongeihinne
adessive
mahjongillanne
mahjongeillanne
ablative
mahjongiltanne
mahjongeiltanne
allative
mahjongillenne
mahjongeillenne
essive
mahjonginanne
mahjongeinanne
translative
mahjongiksenne
mahjongeiksenne
abessive
mahjongittanne
mahjongeittanne
instructive
comitative
—mahjongeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahjonginsa
mahjonginsa
accusative
nom.
mahjonginsa
mahjonginsa
gen.
mahjonginsa
genitive
mahjonginsa
mahjongiensa
partitive
mahjongiaan mahjongiansa
mahjongejaan mahjongejansa
inessive
mahjongissaan mahjongissansa
mahjongeissaan mahjongeissansa
elative
mahjongistaan mahjongistansa
mahjongeistaan mahjongeistansa
illative
mahjongiinsa
mahjongeihinsa
adessive
mahjongillaan mahjongillansa
mahjongeillaan mahjongeillansa
ablative
mahjongiltaan mahjongiltansa
mahjongeiltaan mahjongeiltansa
allative
mahjongilleen mahjongillensa
mahjongeilleen mahjongeillensa
essive
mahjonginaan mahjonginansa
mahjongeinaan mahjongeinansa
translative
mahjongikseen mahjongiksensa
mahjongeikseen mahjongeiksensa
abessive
mahjongittaan mahjongittansa
mahjongeittaan mahjongeittansa
instructive
comitative
—mahjongeineen mahjongeinensa :

### Further reading

* “mahjong”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From English mahjong, from Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng), derived from 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”) with a Wu diminutive suffix /ŋ̍/.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (most common) /maˈʒõ.ɡi/, (after English, or after Japanese 麻雀 (mājan)) /ˈma.d͡ʒõ/, /ˈma.d͡ʒɐ̃/
* (Brazil) IPA: (most common) /maˈʒõ.ɡi/, (after English, or after Japanese 麻雀 (mājan)) /ˈma.d͡ʒõ/, /ˈma.d͡ʒɐ̃/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (most common) /maˈʒõ.ɡe/, (after English, or after Japanese 麻雀 (mājan)) /ˈma.d͡ʒõ/, /ˈma.d͡ʒɐ̃/

### Noun

mahjong m (uncountable)
* mahjong (Chinese tile game)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English mahjong, from Chinese 麻將 / 麻将 (májiàng).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaxt͡ʃon/ [ˈmax.t͡ʃõn]
** Rhymes: -axtʃon
* IPA: /ˈmat͡ʃon/ [ˈma.t͡ʃõn]
** Rhymes: -atʃon

### Noun

mahjong m (uncountable)
* mahjong (Chinese tile game)

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English mahjong, from Chinese 麻將 / 麻将 (májiàng).

### Noun

mahjong c
* mahjong (Chinese tile game)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mahjong in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker