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麻雀

1. sparrow (anymember of thePassergenus), especially thetree sparrow (Passer montanus)
2. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Eastern Min, Pinghua)mahjong

   Alternative forms:蔴雀,麻鵲 /麻鹊

3. (Nanjing Mandarin, euphemistic)penis

麻雀 was the original name of the game of mahjong, and this term is retained in many southern varieties. However, the name in modern standard Mandarin is麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

• (sparrow):

• (mahjong):

Others:

• Wutunhua:macio
• → Burmese:မာကျောက်(ma-kyauk,“mahjong”)
• → Dutch:matjok(“Surinamese variant of mahjong”)
• → Japanese:麻(マー)雀(ジャン)(mājan)(orthographic)
• → Vietnamese:mạt chược(“mahjong”)
• → Zhuang:mazcoz(“mahjong”)

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “麻雀”, in臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese),Taihoku:Government-General of Taiwan,→OCLC
• “麻雀”, in教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2025.
• “Entry #11971”, in臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2022.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会[Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “麻雀”, in莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page374.

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First attested around the lateMeiji period.

Borrowed fromMandarin麻將 /麻将(májiàng).^[1][2]

The kanji form is anorthographic borrowing fromChinese麻雀(máquè, literally“sparrow”), the original name for the game that is retained in some southern Chinese dialects.

• (Tokyo)マージャン[màájáń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• (Tokyo)マージャン[máꜜàjàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ːʑã̠ɴ]

麻(マー)雀(ジャン)• (mājan) 

1. mahjong

Usually refers exclusively to the Japanese variation, also known as立直麻雀(rīchi mājan). SeeJapanese Mahjong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• 雀(ジャン)士(し)(janshi)
• 雀(ジャン)荘(そう)(jansō)
• 脱(だつ)衣(い)麻(マー)雀(ジャン)(datsui mājan)

• “^△麻^▲雀”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

麻雀• (majak) (hangeul마작)

1. hanja form^? of마작(“mahjong”)

麻雀

1. chữ Hán form ofmạt chược(“mahjong”)

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