Word Meaning 牌九

ぱいがお paigao

牌九 is read as ぱいがお (paigao) and means pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes).

Meaning

English

pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)

Reading

Kana

ぱいがお

Romaji

paigao

Writing Variants

牌九ぱいごう paigou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Rank 159496 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

九

きゅう

nine

十九

じゅうきゅう

九九

くく

multiplication table

第九

だいく

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

混全帯公九

ほんちゃんたいやおちゅう

winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set

断ヤオ九

たんやおちゅー

all simples

純全帯公九

じゅんちゃんたいやおちゅう

winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles

重九

ちょうきゅう

Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month)

二九

にく

eighteen

十三ヤオ九

しーさんやおちゅー

thirteen orphans

十中八九

じっちゅうはっく

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

九

ちゅー

nine