fan-tan
Play cards sequentially
Fan-tan is a Chinese gambling game where players bet on how many counters will remain after a pile is divided by four.
The name comes from Cantonese for "repeated divisions." Fan-tan also refers to a card game where players build sequences by adding cards in ascending or descending order from sevens: We played fan-tan until midnight.
Plural of a prime
- beadsSmall pierced ornaments for stringing
- buttonsSmall disc fasteners
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
- cupSmall drinking container
pile · division · fours · guessing · parlor-game · betting · wager · chips
Swiss administrative district
Determining quantity sequentially
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- predictionForecast of coming events
- guessingEstimating without certainty
remainder · division · fours · observation · pattern · bankroll · risk
sevens
Plural of a prime
- beadsSmall pierced ornaments for stringing
- buttonsSmall disc fasteners
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
cup · pile · division · fours · guessing · parlor-game · betting · wager · chips · dealer
Canton
Swiss administrative district
Chinatown · 19th-century · immigrant · parlor
counting
Determining quantity sequentially
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- predictionForecast of coming events
guessing · remainder · division · fours · observation · pattern · bankroll · risk