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