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/ˈmɑːŋɡɑːn/ · noun
(Japanese mahjong) A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise..
Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1.
Outside tournaments the chombo penalty is a reverse mangan payment: 4,000 to East, 2,000 to other players.
In mahjong last night I had a six-han hand! I got a mangan.
By the time they'd reached the twelfth round, Kobayashi had won the first hand by drawing his winning tile. "Tsumo! Riizumo, pinfu, dora 2—Mangan. 2000, 4000!" Incredibly, Kobayashi had won a full 8000 points on his first hand.
Use mangan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mangan means (Japanese mahjong) A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1.
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