1. Notice the use of repeating verbs in 看看电视玩玩电脑游戏 and 跟家人聊聊天看看书睡睡觉等等. This implies doing the action in a general manner as opposed to for a particular instance.

2. 扑克牌 is actually a transliteration of “Poker” but can be used to describe a deck of cards used for any card game. 一张牌 is used to describe a single card in a deck.

3. Note the sentence pattern used for “one by one” in 先把扑克牌一张一张的放在地上.

4. Note the user of 规定 as a noun and a verb.

Noun: 因为下棋要注意的规定很多.

Verb: 你可以自己想一个新的游戏然后规定怎么玩.

5. Note the different words for “play” used for cards versus chess versus mahjong:

玩扑克牌: 我小时候常常自己玩扑克牌.

下棋: 你跟中国人下棋的时候要小心.

打麻将: 打麻将需要四个人.