seat of honor; previous player; to start; to handle
Meanings
4 senses · 9 examplesnoun
seat of honor; position of higher status
Also written as 上首. Can take the suffix 儿 in spoken language.
At the traditional eight-immortal table, the elders sit in the seat of honor.
He sits in the seat of honor relative to me, which is to my left.
noun
player whose turn comes before one's own (in card games, mahjong, etc.)
Commonly used in card games and mahjong.
The player before me played a five of hearts.
In mahjong, you can only claim a chow from the discard of the player to your left.
verb
to start working on; to handle; to take on (dialectal)
dialectUsed in northern dialects, implying starting to work on something.
I can handle this matter alone, so you don't need to step in.
This job is too heavy; we all need to pitch in to get it done.
verb
to begin; to start
Describes the beginning of an action or event.
Today's game went very smoothly right from the start.
When learning any skill, the beginning is always the hardest.
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He grasped the trick as soon as he started.