Examples of “mahjong” in a Sentence

noun A tile-based game, originally from China, usually played by four people with tiles divided into several suits.

• Ho Sau-Mei, one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong tile carvers, is getting old. — Kathleen Magramo, The game is almost over for one of Hong Kong’s last mahjong carvers (2025)
• While most of the country has spent the weekend counting hongbaos and mahjong tiles, those guys have been out there salvaging hongbaos and half of Thomson Road. — Neil Humphreys, The Thief (2003)
• They meet every Friday for a few rounds of mahjong.

noun A single-player tile-matching game based on the same tile set, where matching pairs are cleared from the board.

• She unwinds after work by playing a quick game of mahjong on her phone.