[Tien Gow]
is the transliteration of two Chinese characters (in
Cantonese):
[Heaven] and
[Nine].
In Mandarin, it is pronounced as Tian1Jiu3.
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.
See also: Pai Gow, Gwat Pai, Che Deng
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