1. 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); [syn: fantan, fan tan]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fan tan
n 1: 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) [syn: fantan, fan tan]