圣诞节假期是一个长假啊！然而如果不想出去旅游好像也就没什么事情做了。大家跟外国室友或者同学相处的时候，要如何度过无聊的时光呢？不如学习一下中国的国粹——麻将吧！

既弘扬了中国博大精深的娱乐文化，又促进了跟外国同学友谊，只是，要怎么教老外打麻将呢……

麻将8级核心词汇

麻将：mah-jong， mah-jongg

棋牌室：Chess &Poker Room

筒子：the circle tiles

索子：the bamboo tiles

万子：the character tiles

番子：the honor tiles

花牌：flower tiles

上：claiming a tile to match a sequence

碰：claiming a tile to match a triplet

杠：claiming a tile for a quadruplet

和：claiming a tile to win

抽头：the kitty

筹码：counter; chip; dib

牌友：matching play

边张：side tiles

吃张：drawing

庄家：dealer

上家：opponent on the left

下家：opponent on the right

对门：opponent sitting opposite to one

三缺一：three players looking for one more player

跳牌：skipping

出张：discarding a tile

洗牌：shuffling the tiles

连庄：remaining the dealer

一对：one pair

一番：one time (in scoring)

一圈：a round

跟牌：following suit

进张：drawing a useful tile

对碰：waiting for two tiles to win; making two pairs

扣牌：holding up a tile

听牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win

暗杠：drawing a tile by oneself， making four similar tiles of a kind and putting them face down

暗坎：concealing 3-tiles in order of a kind

八圈：eight rounds of play

缺一门：lacking a suit

抢杠：robbing a gong

单钓：waiting for one of the pair to win

单听：awaiting the only one necessary tile to win

地和：going out or winning a hand after drawing only one tile

吊牌：fishing; awaiting one’s winning tile

对对胡：winning with all paired tiles;all triplets

自摸：winning by one’s own draw;self-drawn

拦和：be won by one’s left or opposing opponent with the same tile one needs

平和：a win without points

鸡和：chicken hand

平和：common hand

大满贯：grand slam

杠上开花：drawing a tile， after a gang， from the end of the wall to win the game;added glory to agong

七对：seven pairs

砌牌：forming the wall of stacks

清一色：all of one suit; flush; having all tiles in one suit

全字：pure characters

门(前)清：all concealed hand

十三幺：the thirteen orphans(1，9，and one of each character);13terminal tiles

天和：a natural win; a heavenly hand地和：earthly hand

一条龙：a complete sequence from 1 to 9

混一色：mixed one suit

小三元：junior 3 chiefs

大三元：grand 3 chiefs

海底捞月：catching the moon from the bottom of the sea

小四喜：junior 4 happiness

大四喜：grand 4 happiness

清一色：pure one suit

字一色：all honor tiles

诈和：declaring a false win;falsely declaring a win

做相公：be unconscious of a shortage or surplus of tiles

大/小相公：long or short hand

或者，直接把这个精简版本给外国友人看。

切记，不要赌博哦！

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