UNO

UNO
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 UNO (the card game)

Examples

Wǒmen jīnwǎn wán UNO ba.
Let's play UNO tonight.
Zhǐ shèng yì zhāng pái de shíhou yào hǎn UNO.
When you have only one card left, you have to call UNO.
Tā chū le zhāng wànnéng pái, wǒ zhíjiē bǎi làn.
He played a wild card and I just gave up.

Tips

culture
Rules have stayed simple enough that Chinese players use the English name as-is — no standard Chinese translation exists. Often lumped in with imported 桌游 ('board games') vocab alongside 狼人杀 (Werewolf), 三国杀, and (Catan).

In Pop Culture

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UNO card game
Shedding-type card game invented by American Merle Robbins in 1971, owned by Mattel since 1992. Wildly popular in Chinese board-game cafes (桌游吧) and a common social-gathering default. 'Uno' is Spanish/Italian for 'one' — shouted when you have one card left.