听牌

聽牌
tīngpái
  1. (mahjong) to be one tile away from completing a hand
  2. (sports) to be on the verge of winning

CEDICT

sports

Entry Composition

1 听 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
2 牌 pái (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 词牌 cípái and 曲牌 qǔpái)

classifiers: 塊, 個, 張