嵌張かんちゃん

noun

kanchan wait; closed wait

In mahjong, a wait for the middle tile of a sequence (e.g., holding 4-6 and waiting for 5).

from Chinese

See also: 嵌張待ち (カンチャンまち)

• 嵌かん張ちゃん待まちは、待まち牌はいが一いっ種しゅ類るいしかないので、和あ了がりにくい。

  A kanchan wait is hard to win with because there is only one type of tile you can win on.