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A group of cards in {% gameref kanhu %} is called an ‘eye’ (<span lang="zh">眼</span> Cantonese: <span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">ngaan⁵</span>).[@CulinMahjong p. 156] In other games combinations are called called ‘ox’ (<span lang="zh">牛</span> Cantonese: <span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">ngau⁴</span>).[@GamblingGamesOfMalaya p. 88] I wonder if both terms are derived by modifying ‘pair’ (<span lang="zh">偶</span> Cantonese: <span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">ngau⁵</span>)?[@TonicDictionary p. 323]
A group of cards in {% gameref kanhu %} is called an ‘eye’ (<span lang="zh">眼</span> Cantonese: {%pronounce lang="yue-Latn-jyutping" word="ngaan⁵" file="pronunciation_yue_眼.mp3" pronouncer="diniskachonchan" %}).[@CulinMahjong p. 156] In other games combinations are called called ‘ox’ (<span lang="zh">牛</span> Cantonese: <span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">ngau⁴</span>).[@GamblingGamesOfMalaya p. 88] I wonder if both terms are derived by modifying ‘pair’ (<span lang="zh">偶</span> Cantonese: <span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">ngau⁵</span>)?[@TonicDictionary p. 323]

In Mahjong the ‘eye’ is the pair that is required to make a complete hand.
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