摸牌もーぱい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

identifying a tile by touch

Mahjong term for feeling a tile with the fingers to determine its suit and value without looking at it.

• 摸牌もーぱいができるようになると、ゲームのスピードが上あがる。

  Once you can identify tiles by touch, the game speeds up.

• 彼かれは摸牌もーぱいの練れん習しゅうを毎まい日にちしている。

  He practices identifying tiles by touch every day.