Noun: fan-tan
- 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)
"fan-tan was once widely played in Chinese gambling houses";
- fan tan
- A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
"fan-tan is a simple game that's easy to teach to beginners";
- sevens, parliament
Derived forms: fan-tans
Type of: card game, cards, gambling game, game of chance
Encyclopedia: Fan-tan