- fan-tan
- A card game, usually played by gamblers; a Chinese gambling game involving the guessing of the number of counters.
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Fan-Tan — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fan Tan, o fantan (chino tradicional: 番攤, chino simplificado: 番摊, pinyin: fāntān) es un juego de azar de mucha popularidad en China. Contenido 1 Historia 2 Procedimiento del juego … Wikipedia Español
fan-tan — /fan tan /, n. 1. Also, fan tan. Also called parliament, sevens. Cards. a game in which the players play their sevens and other cards forming sequences in the same suits as their sevens, the winner being the player who first runs out of cards. 2 … Universalium
fan-tan — [fan′tan΄] n. [Chin fan t an, lit., repeated divisions] 1. a Chinese gambling game in which the players bet on the number of beans, etc. that will be left from a pile after it has been counted off in fours 2. a card game in which the players seek … English World dictionary
Fan Tan — steht für: Ein Glücksspiel mit Bohnen, siehe Fan Tan (Glücksspiel) Ein dominoähnliches Kartenlegespiel, siehe Fan Tan (Kartenspiel) NATO Codename für das chinesische Kampfflugzeug Nanchang A 5/Q 5. Spitzname, der Lon (Brandon De Wilde) von Hud… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fan-tan — (f[a^]n t[a^]n ), n. [Chinese (of Canton) in an tan kun gambling house.] 1. A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fan-Tan — This article is about the gambling game played with small objects. For the card game, see Sevens (card game). For the Chinese fighter aircraft, see Nanchang Q 5. A page from Frank Leslie s Illustrated Newspaper depicting a fan tan parlor in New… … Wikipedia
fan-tan — /ˈfæn tæn/ (say fan tan) noun a Chinese gambling game in which a pile of coins or counters is placed under a bowl and bets are made on what the remainder will be after they have been divided by four. {Mandarin fan t an repeated divisions} …
fan-tan — [ fantan] noun 1》 a Chinese gambling game in which players try to guess the remainder after the banker has divided a number of hidden objects into four groups. 2》 a card game in which players build on sequences of sevens. Origin C19: from Chin.… … English new terms dictionary
fan-tan — [[t]ˈfænˌtæn[/t]] n. 1) gam a game in which cards are played in sequences based upon the sevens, the winner being the first to run out of cards 2) gam a Chinese gambling game in which bets are made on what the remainder will be after a pile of… … From formal English to slang
Fan Tan (Glücksspiel) — Fan Tan oder Fan Tan, Fantan (vereinfachtes Chinesisch: 番摊; traditionelles Chinesisch: 番攤; pinyin: fāntān, wörtlich: mehrfache Abteilungen ) ist ein sehr einfaches, chinesisches Glücksspiel mit Bohnen, das sich in China vor allem in den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fan Tan Alley — is an alley in Victoria, British Columbia s Chinatown. It was originally a gambling district with restaurants, shops, and opium dens. Today it is a tourist destination as it contains many small shops. It is most famous for being the narrowest… … Wikipedia
