mahjong
Portuguese, noun/maˈʒõ.ɡi/
mahjong is spelled M-A-H-J-O-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mahjong is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mahjong (Chinese tile game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo chinês para quatro jogadores, utilizando uma coleção de peças divididas em cinco ou seis naipes”.
What does mahjong mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemahjong (Chinese tile game)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo chinês para quatro jogadores, utilizando uma coleção de peças divididas em cinco ou seis naipes 2. jogo solitário que usa as mesmas peças, onde o jogador só pode remover pares de peças expostas idênticas ou correspondentes até que não reste nenhuma
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce mahjong?
- Brazil /maˈʒõ.ɡi/
- Brazil /ˈma.d͡ʒõ/
- Brazil /ˈma.d͡ʒɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mahjong
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mahjong in Portuguese?
mahjong appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).