![]() Old Hong Kong mahjong is played with a standard set of 144 mahjong tiles (though cards may be used). Its name is similar in other languages, except in Thai, where it is called ( phai nok krachok), a calque meaning "sparrow cards". Most Mandarin-speaking Chinese now call the game 麻將 ( májiàng). It has also been suggested that the name came from an evolution of an earlier card game called Madiao from which mahjong tiles were adapted. It is said that the clacking of tiles during shuffling resembles the chattering of sparrows. In Chinese, the game was originally called 麻雀 ( pinyin: máquè)-meaning sparrow-which is still used in some languages in southern China.
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