牌(ぱい)

ぱい
noun
mahjong tile
leisure
1. mahjong tile; tile
A playing piece used in mahjong. A standard Japanese set has 136 tiles: three numbered suits and the honor tiles.
牌(ぱい)を切(き)る。
To discard a tile.
牌(ぱい)を混(ま)ぜてから配(くば)る。
Shuffle the tiles and then deal them.
手牌(てはい)の中(なか)から不要(ふよう)な牌(ぱい)を選(えら)んで捨(す)てる。
Choose an unnecessary tile from your hand and discard it.

A mahjong word borrowed from Chinese, used in many compounds.

Compounds

  • 手牌(てはい): the tiles in one's hand
  • 字牌(じはい): honor tiles (winds and dragons)
  • 萬子(まんず), 筒子(ぴんず), 索子(そうず): the three numbered suits

Common collocations

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Added 2026.3.21 19:01 · Revised 2026.10.7 22:41
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