荘ちゃん

suffix, counter

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

• 今こん夜やは二に荘ちゃん打うった。

  We played two games of mahjong tonight.

• 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.