Chinese and South-East Asia playing cards' database

On the "decks" tab, to view the list of cards' decks, their source, cards' count, etc...
On the "cards" tab, to compare the various types of cards across the decks
On the "patterns" tab, to view how each deck is composed
On the "references" tab, to view which decks match the decks described by 陸水平, S.Culin, and G.Pruner
On the "regions" tab, to view a cross-table of countries/regions and types of decks
On the "dimensions" tab, to view and compare the actual sizes of cards and tiles

I've tried to translate this page in Chinese, English, Vietnamese and Thai. (Cards names are NOT translated yet !)
Local name is defined by :

Chinese for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan,
Vietnamese for Vietnam,
Thai for Thailand,
English for all other countries and regions.

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Languages	move

Decks classification
Chinese			Cantonese	Mandarin
骨子			Gwat Zi	Gu Zi	Dice
	天九		Tin Gau	Tian Jiu	Still very popular in Asia and America
		繫龍	Chi Lung	Xi Long	Connect the dragon/Dancing dragons: played like the european game of dominoes
	?牌		un Paai	? Pai	forgotten ?, cited by S.Culin in his book
	花和牌-挖花纸牌				apparently, popular in the early 1900's, mostly in museum now
		花和牌	Faa Wo Paai	Hua He Pai
		挖花纸牌	Waat Faa Zi Paai	Wa Hua Zhi Pai
	十五湖-天牌
		十五湖	Sap Ng Wu	Shi Wu Hu	still used in south-china (guangdong, hong kong)
		天牌	Tin Paai	Tian Pai
	八天九-同棋-碰和				defunct ?
		花同棋	Fa Tung Key	Hua Tong Qi
		同棋	Tung Kei	Tong Qi
		八天九	Baat Tin Gau	Ba Tian Jiu
		点牌	Dim Paai	Dian Pai	Macau
		十二天九	Sap Yi Tin Kau	Shi Er Tian Jiu
		七紅牌	Cat Hung Paai	Qi Hong Pai
	川牌-游祥和
		川牌	Cyun Paai	Chuan Pai	very popular in Sichuan, Hubei
		游祥和	Jau Coeng Wo	You Xiang He	a deck was found in 2008 in Zhejiang
纸币			Zi Bai	Zhi Bi	Bank notes origin
	棍牌		Gwan Paai	Gun Pai	3 suits cards, popular, lots of locals variants
	甩纸		Lat Zi	Shuai Zhi	4 suits cards, lots of really old decks, still exist in Hakka communities, used to be popular in North Vietnam
		叶子	Hip Zi	Ye Zi
		马吊	Maa Diu	Ma Diao
	麻將-麻雀-馬雀		Maa Zoeng	Ma Jiang	Mah Jong .....well... world wide !!!!
		中發	Zung Faat	Zoeng Fa
象棋			Zoeng Kei	Xiang Qi	Chinese chess origin
	二色		Yi Sik	Er Se	2 Colors:found only in Fujian, Guangdong in China, still exist in Vietnam and Thailand.
		車馬炮	Ce Maa Paau	Che Ma Pao
		三菊	Saam Guk	San Ju	Vietnamese version
		雙金牌	Soeng Gam Paai	Shuang Jin Pai
		十二支	Sap Ji Zi	Shi Er Zhi	Singapore and Malaysia
	四色		Sei Sik	Si Se	4 Colors:still popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and all around South China Sea
汉字			Hon Zi	Han Zi	Chinese characters origin
	花牌		Faa Paai	Hua Pai
		上大人	Soeng Daai Jan	Shang Da Ren	Hunan and Hubei
		三五七牌	Sap Ng Cat Paai	Shi Wu Qi Pai	Hunan and Hubei
	字牌		Zi Paai	Zi Pai
		大贰牌	Dai Yi Paai	Da Er Pai
		娃娃牌	Waa Waa Paai	Wa Wa Pai	Chongqing