Tien Gow

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.

[Tien Gow] (sometimes spelled as Tin Kau) is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (天九) in Cantonese: [Heaven] and [Nine]. In Mandarin, it is pronounced as Tian1Jiu3. Heaven is the top rank tile of the civilian suit; Nine is the top rank tile of the military suit of the domino set.

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See also: Pai Gow, Gwat Pai, Che Deng