瘾君子 癮君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker 马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe syn 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 牌局 pái jú gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc 庄家 莊家 zhuāng jiā farmhouse / banker (gambling) syn 手气 手氣 shǒu qì luck (in gambling) 菠菜 bō cài spinach (CL:棵[ke1]) / (slang) gambling / gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2cai3]) 台面 臺面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake 色子 shǎi zi dice (used in gambling) syn 博弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest syn 彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn 翻本 fān běn to win back one's money (gambling etc) syn 觥筹交错 觥籌交錯 gōng chóu jiāo cuò wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party 博彩 bó cǎi gambling 牌九 pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes) 聚赌 聚賭 jù dǔ communal gambling 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 网虫 網蟲 wǎng chóng Internet addict 押宝 押寶 yā bǎo to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck 头家 頭家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor 抽头 抽頭 chōu tóu to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling) / tap (in an electromagnetic coil) / drawer (of a desk etc) syn 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 筹 籌 chóu chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / way / means syn 庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn 吆五喝六 yāo wǔ hè liù lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice / a hubbub of gambling 隐君子 隱君子 yǐn jūn zi recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict syn 老千 lǎo qiān swindler / cheat (in gambling) 十赌九输 十賭九輸 shí dǔ jiǔ shū lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game 有药瘾者 有藥癮者 yǒu yào yǐn zhě addict 吸毒成瘾者 吸毒成癮者 xī dú chéng yǐn zhě addict 长期吸毒者 zhǎng qī xī dú zhě hard-core addict 毒瘾大的人 hard-core addict 未登记的吸毒者 未登記的吸毒者 unregistered addict 可待因吸食者 codeine addict 摴 shū dice / gambling / to release 出老千 chū lǎo qiān to cheat (in gambling) 吃喝嫖赌 吃喝嫖賭 chī hē piáo dǔ to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling / to lead a life of dissipation 扳本 bān běn to recoup losses (in gambling) 扳本儿 扳本兒 bān běn r to recoup losses (in gambling) 捞本 撈本 lāo běn to get one's money back (esp. gambling) / to recoup one's losings syn 销金窟 銷金窟 xiāo jīn kū money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc) 杠龟 槓龜 gàng guī (Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling) / to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku]) 奖池 獎池 jiǎng chí (gambling) prize pool / jackpot 牌桌 pái zhuō mahjong table / card table / gambling table / gaming table 赌坊 賭坊 dǔ fāng (archaic) gambling house 赌桌 賭桌 dǔ zhuō gambling table / gaming table 