{"path":"/entry/121229","title":"麻将 / 麻將 (má jiàng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"麻将 / 麻將 (má jiàng): mahjong. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":121229,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["麻将"],"TRADITIONAL":["麻將"]}},"phonetic":"má jiàng","phoneticKey":"ma2 jiang4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"mahjong","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["局"]}},"phonetic":"jú","phoneticKey":"ju2","readingId":7854},{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["副"]}},"phonetic":"fù","phoneticKey":"fu4","readingId":14558}],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":20347,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["将"],"TRADITIONAL":["將"]}},"phonetic":"jiàng","primaryPhonetic":"jiāng"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”), with a Wu diminutive suffix 儿 /ŋ̍/ (syllabic velar nasal), retained in some Wu languages (compare Wenzhounese 儿 /ŋ̍/). This suffix then fused with the preceding syllable, and was conserved in the form of a nasal coda /-ŋ/. As an example compare Shanghainese 雀 /t͡ɕia̠ʔ⁵/ + 儿 /-ŋ̍/ → 將 /t͡ɕiã⁵³/.","traditional":"From 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”), with a Wu diminutive suffix 兒 /ŋ̍/ (syllabic velar nasal), retained in some Wu languages (compare Wenzhounese 兒 /ŋ̍/). This suffix then fused with the preceding syllable, and was conserved in the form of a nasal coda /-ŋ/. As an example compare Shanghainese 雀 /t͡ɕia̠ʔ⁵/ + 兒 /-ŋ̍/ → 將 /t͡ɕiã⁵³/."}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"The game of mahjong was called 马吊 (mǎdiào) during the Ming and Qing dynasties, where the second syllable presumably represented a Wu pronunciation of 鸟 (niǎo) (\"bird\", see there for more).","traditional":"The game of mahjong was called 馬吊 (mǎdiào) during the Ming and Qing dynasties, where the second syllable presumably represented a Wu pronunciation of 鳥 (niǎo) (\"bird\", see there for more)."}}],"examples":[],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":7,"sourceName":"HSK 3.0","name":"Levels 7-9"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}