中張牌ちゅんちゃんぱい

noun

minor tiles; inside tiles

In mahjong, refers to suited tiles numbered 2 through 8, excluding terminals (1 and 9) and honors. Also called 'inside tiles' because they are in the middle of the suit sequence.

from Chinese zhōng zhāng pái

• 中張牌ちゅんちゃんぱいだけで手てを作つくるのは難むずかしい。

  It's difficult to build a hand using only minor tiles.

• 中張牌ちゅんちゃんぱいは端牌はいぱいより安あん全ぜん牌ぱいになりやすい。

  Minor tiles tend to be safer discards than terminal tiles.