English noun: fantan | |||
1. | fantan (act) a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4) | ||
Synonyms | fan tan | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gambling game, game of chance | ||
2. | fantan (act) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | ||
Synonyms | parliament, sevens | ||
Broader (hypernym) | card game, cards | ||