牌技

páijì

noun #34,261

Meanings

1 card-playing skill
2 card technique
3 skill at card or tile games (incl. mahjong)

Characters

card; tile; tablet

skill; technique

Examples

他的牌技很好，几乎从不输。

Tā de páijì hěn hǎo, jīhū cóng bù shū.

His card-playing skill is excellent — he almost never loses.

我的牌技太差了。

Wǒ de páijì tài chà le.

My card skills are too poor.

Tips

usage

牌 covers any 'card / tile' game — playing cards (扑克), mahjong (麻将), and Chinese chess-like tile games. So 牌技 is the general term for skill at all of these. For card magic / sleight-of-hand specifically, you'd say 扑克魔术 (pūkè móshù).

Stroke Order

牌 pái

技 jì