西しゃー

noun

west wind tile

Mahjong term for the west wind tile. Used in tile calls and hand descriptions.

from Chinese xī

• 西しゃーを切きるか、それとも残のこすか迷まよっている。

  I'm wondering whether to discard the west wind tile or keep it.

noun

winning hand with a pung/kong of west wind tiles

Mahjong term for a completed hand that includes a pung or kong of west wind tiles. Often part of a specific yaku (役) or scoring pattern.

• 彼かれは西しゃーの刻子こーつが入はいった手てで和了ほーらした。

  He won with a hand that had a pung of west wind tiles.