麻将牌：mah-jong, mah-jongg
棋牌室：Chess & Poker Room
筒子：the circle tiles
索子：the bamboo tiles
万子：the character tiles
番子：the honor tiles
花牌：flower tiles
上：claiming a tile to match a sequence
碰：claiming a tile to match a triplet
杠：claiming a tile for a quadruplet
和：claiming a tile to win
抽头：the kitty
筹码：counter; chip; dib
牌友：matching play
边张：side tiles
吃张：drawing
庄家：dealer
上家：opponent on the left
下家：opponent on the right
对门：opponent sitting opposite to one
三缺一：three players looking for one more player
跳牌：skipping
出张：discarding a tile
洗牌：shuffling the tiles
连庄：remaining the dealer
一对：one pair
一番：one time (in scoring)
一圈：a round
跟牌：following suit
进张：drawing a useful tile
对碰：waiting for two tiles to win; making two pairs
扣牌：holding up a tile
听牌：waiting for the one necessary tile to win
暗杠：drawing a tile by oneself, making four similar tiles of a kind and putting them face down
暗坎：concealing 3-tiles in order of a kind
八圈：eight rounds of play
缺一门：lacking a suit
抢杠：robbing a gong