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English term or phrase:	Honour suit
Chinese translation:	加台牌
Entered by:	Wenjer Leuschel

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09:40 Jul 12, 2004

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English term or phrase: Honour suit

There are 136 tiles consisting of 3 main suits and 4 other ‘Honour’ and bonus suits.

这是从一篇介绍麻将游戏规则的文章中摘录的，可能是香港或东南亚国家的麻将玩法。

DU SHI KANG

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s.u.

Explanation:
3 main suits are筒(饼)、条(索)、万.
4 honour or bonus suits are风牌(东南西北)、箭牌(红中、青发、白板)、春夏秋冬、梅兰菊竹.

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Honour or bonus suits are 加台 or 加红牌。

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Note added at 25 mins (2004-07-12 10:06:03 GMT)
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风牌和箭牌也称为字牌，另两种称为花牌。

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Wenjer Leuschel
Taiwan

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s.u.

Wenjer Leuschel

4 +1

役牌

Denyce Seow

风牌

Stefanie Sendelbach

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peer agreement (net): +1

honour suit

s.u.

Wenjer Leuschel
Taiwan
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Chinese
PRO pts in category: 52

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honour suit 役牌

Explanation:
Honor suits 役牌 should be: 发，白板，红中，东，南，西，北。
The three main suits 配牌 should be: 筒字，条字，万字。
Bonus suits should be: 花，动物 (that's what I always call those cats and rats!)

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役牌 - 三元牌 (发，白板，红中)
役牌 - 四风牌 (东，南，西，北)
配牌 - 筒字牌
配牌 - 条字牌
配牌 - 万字牌

Denyce Seow
Singapore
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English
PRO pts in category: 15

6 days confidence:

honour suit 风牌

Explanation:
According to Longman Chinese Englisch Dictionary of Chinese Culture:

Honour tiles (风牌): 东风，南风，西风，北风
Dragon tiles (三元牌): 红中，发财，白板
Suit tiles (字牌): 风排`+ 三元牌

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Sorry, 风排 should of course read 风牌.

Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
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Native speaker of:

German

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English: Honour suit

Chinese translation: 加台牌