麻将
麻將HSK 7freq #13433
Meanings
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- 1.mahjong
- 2.CL:局[jú],副[fù]
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- 1.mahjong
- 2.sparrow
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Etymology
From 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”), with a Wu diminutive suffix 兒／儿 /ŋ̍/ (syllabic velar nasal), retained in some Wu languages (compare Wenzhounese 兒／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/ + 兒／儿 /-ŋ̍/ → 將 /t͡ɕiã⁵³/. The game of mahjong was called 馬吊／马吊 (mǎdiào) during the Ming and Qing dynasties, where the second syllable presumably represented a Wu pronunciation of 鳥／鸟 (niǎo) ("bird", see there for more).
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