和牌

húpái

verb

Meanings

1 (mahjong) to complete a winning hand
2 to go out; to declare a win

Characters

(mahjong) complete a hand

Examples

他摸到最后一张牌就和牌了。

Tā mōdào zuìhòu yī zhāng pái jiù húpái le.

He drew the last tile and declared a win.

一局打了半天还没人和牌。

Yī jú dǎle bàntiān hái méi rén húpái.

We've been playing this round forever and no one has won yet.

Tips

usage

The character 和 is read hú only in the mahjong context; in everyday vocabulary it is read hé ("and"). Some speakers also say 胡牌.

Stroke Order

和 hé

牌 pái