牌桌

páizhuō

noun

Measure Word

一张牌桌 zhāng

Meanings

1 mahjong table
2 card table
3 gambling table

Characters

Examples

他们四个人坐在牌桌旁打麻将。

Tāmen sì ge rén zuò zài páizhuō páng dǎ májiàng.

The four of them sat at the mahjong table playing.

牌桌上他从不吃亏。

Páizhuō shàng tā cóng bù chīkuī.

He never loses out at the card table.

Tips

culture

牌 covers any tile-or-card game — mahjong, poker, paigow. By default 牌桌 in Chinese contexts implies a mahjong table (a square with a recessed playing surface).

Stroke Order

牌 pái

桌 zhuō