noun
chow; calling chow
In mahjong, the action of claiming a discarded tile to complete a sequence (chow). Compare 碰 (ポン, pung) and 槓 (カン, kong).
from Chinese chī
See also: 碰 (ポン)
彼は上家の捨て牌でチーを宣言した。
He declared a chow using the tile discarded by the player to his left.
チーできる牌が来たけど、見逃した。
A tile I could chow came, but I let it pass.
カン is declaring a kong (four-of-a-kind), a different meld from the sequence formed by チー.
Borrowed from Chinese 吃 (chī, 'to eat'), used in mahjong for claiming a tile to complete a sequence.