半はん荘ちゃん

noun

half-game (east and south rounds)

In mahjong, a 半荘 is a standard half-game consisting of an east round and a south round. It is the most common unit of play in Japanese mahjong.

from Chinese bànzhuāng

• 今日きょうは半はん荘ちゃんを二に回かい打うった。

  Today I played two half-games of mahjong.

• 半はん荘ちゃんが終おわったら、点てん数すうを計けい算さんしよう。

  Let's calculate the scores after the half-game ends.