胡牌 (húpái): to win a hand (mahjong)

Meanings

1 to win a hand (mahjong)
2 to go out (mahjong)

Characters

胡

hú

to complete (mahjong); recklessly

牌

pái

tile, card

Examples

我胡牌了!

Wǒ húpái le!

I won the hand!

他一晚上胡了好几次牌。

Tā yī wǎnshàng hú le hǎo jǐ cì pái.

He won several hands in one night.

Tips

usage

胡牌 is the mahjong equivalent of 'going out' in rummy — completing a legal winning hand. 胡 here is a variant of 和 (hú) 'to complete', not the common 'who' meaning. Players shout 胡! when they win.

Stroke Order

胡 hú

牌 pái

Related Words

和牌 húpái

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

平胡 pínghú

(mahjong) a basic winning hand with no special bonus patterns; flat hand

胡说八道 húshuōbādào #3,948

to talk nonsense / to speak rubbish / bullshit

胡扯 húchě #3,900

to talk nonsense / to bullshit / rubbish

胡 hú #3,474

reckless; carelessly / non-Han ethnic groups (historical) / beard; whiskers

胡子 húzi HSK 5 #2,891

beard; mustache; facial hair

胡说 húshuō HSK 7 #2,665

to talk nonsense / rubbish / baloney

打牌 dǎpái HSK 6 #8,458

to play cards; to play mahjong / to play card/tile games

吃牌 chīpái

(mahjong) to "chow"; to claim a discarded tile to complete a run / to pick up the tile discarded by the player to your left

摸牌 mōpái

to draw a tile (mahjong) or card / to take one's turn drawing