Chinese word dictionary

牌九

pái jiǔ · pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)

Word information

Simplified牌九
Traditional牌九
Pinyinpái jiǔ
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 牌九

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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