荘ちゃん

チャ

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Meanings

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counter for games of mahjong

Used as a suffix attached to numbers to count rounds or games of mahjong, e.g., 一荘 (one game). Domain-specific mahjong term.

from Chinese zhuāng

一いっ荘ちゃんにかかる時じ間かんはだいたい一いち時じ間かん半はんです。

One game of mahjong takes about an hour and a half.

一荘いーちゃん

one full game of mahjong

half-game (east and south rounds)

round wind tile

A mahjong counter borrowed from Chinese 莊 or 庄, referring to a round or deal; it is written 荘 in Japanese.