卡窿 (kaa1 lung1) — (mahjong) to fill the gap; when waiting for a tile that completes a sequence in the middle to win, e.g. if a hand has 7 & 9, it needs an 8 to fill the gap. aka: filling an inside straight (poker term) in Cantonese

kaaˉ¹lungˉ¹窿
Mandarin Pinyin: ka3 long2

Meaning of 卡窿

noun(mahjong) to fill the gap; when waiting for a tile that completes a sequence in the middle to win, e.g. if a hand has 7 & 9, it needs an 8 to fill the gap. aka: filling an inside straight (poker term)

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