搶槓ちゃんかん

noun

robbing a kong; winning on a tile robbed from another player's kong

A mahjong yaku: declaring a win on a tile that another player just added to a melded kong. Also called 'robbing the kong'. Compare with 加槓 (kakan).

from Chinese qiāng gàng

See also: 加槓 (かカン)

• 彼かれは対面といめんの加か槓牌かんはいで搶槓ちゃんかんを宣せん言げんした。

  He declared a robbing of the kong on the tile his opponent across the table added to a kong.

• 搶槓ちゃんかんは成せい立りつしにくい役やくの一ひとつだ。

  Robbing a kong is one of the yaku that is hard to complete.