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Revision 11 . . (edit) October 30, 2001 9:17 am by Koyaanis Qatsi
Revision 10 . . (edit) October 30, 2001 9:11 am by (logged).192.137.xxx [added unicode]
Revision 9 . . (edit) July 31, 2001 6:16 am by (logged).192.137.xxx
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[Tien Gow]
is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (in Cantonese):
[Heaven] and
Tien Gow is the name of a Chinese trick-taking gambling game for 4 players.
The game is played with a set of Chinese dominoes. Heaven is the top rank tile of the civilian suit;
Nine is the top rank tile of the military suit of the domino set.

"Tien Gow" is sometimes spelled Tin Kau, and is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (天九) in Cantonese: [Heaven] and

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It is the name of a Chinese trick-taking gambling game for 4 players.
The game is played with a set of Chinese dominoes.
Heaven is the top rank tile of the civilian suit;
Nine is the top rank tile of the military suit of the domino set.


There are only a few references of Tien Gow on the internet.
A search of "Tien Gow" or "Tin Kau" in [google.com] reveals most of them.



A search for "Tien Gow" or "Tin Kau" on [google.com] reveals most references for Tien Gow on the web.


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