How do you say Mah Jong?

This is an old Chinese puzzle game. I guess it is "ma - hong." How should I say it?|||ma jhong, j sounds like a cross between j and g, maybe xong|||As it is written.


Mah: (like calling your mother)


Jong: just like that.|||MAH JONG IS BIGGER, SO STOP BRAGGING!|||MAh = Ma (like ma ma)


jong = john (like the name)








but the real chinese way is " Ma Jerk" (cantonese)|||it's ma seang





i cant spell it, but its really similar to jean claude van damme.


pronounce it with the back of the tongue like most asian languages.|||pronounced( Maa - Gong)|||It's like "Maw-zhong."|||Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)





mah-jongg Pronunciation Key - [mah-jawng, -jong, -zhawng, -zhong]





鈥搉oun 1. a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.


鈥搗erb (used without object) 2. to win a game of mah-jongg.





[Origin: 1920鈥?5; %26lt; dial. Chin; cf. Guangdong dial. m脿h-j茅uk, Chin m谩qu猫 lit., sparrow (depicted on the first tile of a set), equiv. to m谩 hemp + qu猫 bird]|||MA Zhong. Sort of a zsh sound.|||It's more or less pronounced "ma dzoong", with a silent "h" and "j" as in "john", and "oo" as in "look".