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

　　边张：side tiles

　　吃张：drawing

　　抽头：the kitty

　　筹码：counter；chip；dib

　　出张：discarding a tile

　　大满贯：grand slam

　　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

　　对门：opponent sitting opposite to one

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

　　杠后开花：drawing a tile，after a gang，from the end of the wall to win the game

　　跟牌：following suit

　　进张：drawing a useful tile

　　扣牌：holding up a tile

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

　　连庄：remaining the dealer

　　牌友：matching play

　　平和：a win without points

　　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

　　缺一门：lacking a suit

　　三缺一：three players looking for one more player

　　上家：opponent on the left

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

　　天和：a natural win；a heavenly hand

　　跳牌：skipping

　　听牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win

　　洗牌：shuffling the tiles

　　下家：opponent on the right

　　一对：one pair

　　一番：one time （in scoring）

　　一圈：a round

　　一条龙：a complete sequence from 1 to 9

　　诈和：declaring a false win

　　庄家：dealer

　　自摸：winning by one's own draw

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