variants
or mahjong
: a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 tiles that are drawn and discarded until one player secures a winning hand
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Po-Ling Ng, Open Door’s director, says older members are likely to enjoy Chinese cultural pursuits, including games like mah-jongg.
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Ashley Milne-Tyte, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2024
Before robbing the mah-jongg parlor, Dorsett had met earlier in the day with his probation officer, according to Kenny.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
There is line dancing on Tuesday evenings, a film and book club, and mah-jongg games twice a month.
—Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
Advertisement In another corner, a mah-jongg table awaits its next game surrounded by Poltrona Frau’s two-tone leather armchairs.
—Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
Since fully retiring a year ago, Johnny finds joy in family mah-jongg sessions on Saturday afternoons, regular qigong classes at a park, gardening in the backyard and learning how to cook Chinese food from Yvonne and myriad YouTube videos.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Their mah-jongg parties, dubbed East Never Loses, are avant-garde scenes for Angelenos eager to embrace a game embedded in their heritage.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
In another corner, a mah-jongg table awaits its next game surrounded by Poltrona Frau’s two-tone leather armchairs.
—Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
In a building with a green-tiled roof on Hill Street, most of the old men and women shuffling mah-jongg tiles and sipping jasmine tea shared a surname — Lee.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Ashley Milne-Tyte, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2024
Before robbing the mah-jongg parlor, Dorsett had met earlier in the day with his probation officer, according to Kenny.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
There is line dancing on Tuesday evenings, a film and book club, and mah-jongg games twice a month.
—Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
Advertisement In another corner, a mah-jongg table awaits its next game surrounded by Poltrona Frau’s two-tone leather armchairs.
—Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
Since fully retiring a year ago, Johnny finds joy in family mah-jongg sessions on Saturday afternoons, regular qigong classes at a park, gardening in the backyard and learning how to cook Chinese food from Yvonne and myriad YouTube videos.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Their mah-jongg parties, dubbed East Never Loses, are avant-garde scenes for Angelenos eager to embrace a game embedded in their heritage.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
In another corner, a mah-jongg table awaits its next game surrounded by Poltrona Frau’s two-tone leather armchairs.
—Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
In a building with a green-tiled roof on Hill Street, most of the old men and women shuffling mah-jongg tiles and sipping jasmine tea shared a surname — Lee.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
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