"chii" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chi2.wav Forms: chiis [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 吃 (chī) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|吃|tr=chī}} Japanese 吃 (chī) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chii (plural chiis)
  1. (mahjong) A call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit using a discarded tile. Categories (topical): Mahjong Synonyms: chow Coordinate_terms: kan, pon Translations (mahjong: a call for a set of three consecutive tiles): (soeng⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), (chī) (Chinese Mandarin), チー (chī) (Japanese), (chī) (Japanese), 츠 (cheu) (Korean), 샹 (syang) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-chii-en-noun-CEWH08kv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Yosondúa Mixtec entries with incorrect language header, Yosondúa Mixtec prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 49 47 2 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 49 1 0 2 Disambiguation of Yosondúa Mixtec entries with incorrect language header: 43 39 2 0 16 Disambiguation of Yosondúa Mixtec prepositions: 31 16 6 16 31 Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
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          "word": "上"
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