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The Rules

Traditional Chinese names are shown alongside pinyin and English so you can learn the game the classical way — every tile in the app also reads its full English name on hover.

The 136 tiles

Three suits of 1–9, four winds, and three dragons — four copies of each.

Bamboo · 索 sāo

一索
1 of Bamboo
二索
2 of Bamboo
三索
3 of Bamboo
四索
4 of Bamboo
五索
5 of Bamboo
六索
6 of Bamboo
七索
7 of Bamboo
八索
8 of Bamboo
九索
9 of Bamboo

Dots · 筒 tǒng

一筒
1 of Dots
二筒
2 of Dots
三筒
3 of Dots
四筒
4 of Dots
五筒
5 of Dots
六筒
6 of Dots
七筒
7 of Dots
八筒
8 of Dots
九筒
9 of Dots

Characters · 萬 wàn

一萬
1 of Characters
二萬
2 of Characters
三萬
3 of Characters
四萬
4 of Characters
五萬
5 of Characters
六萬
6 of Characters
七萬
7 of Characters
八萬
8 of Characters
九萬
9 of Characters

Winds · 風 fēng

dōng
East Wind
nán
South Wind
西
West Wind
běi
North Wind

Dragons · 箭 jiàn

zhōng
Red Dragon
Green Dragon
bái
White Dragon

Sets · 副

  • Chow · 上 shàng — three consecutive tiles of the same suit (e.g. bamboo 3-4-5).
  • Pung · 碰 pèng — three identical tiles.
  • Kong · 槓 gàng — four identical tiles. Draws a replacement.
  • Pair · 對 duì — two identical tiles, used as the winning "eyes".

Winning · 和

A standard winning hand is four sets + one pair. Special hands include Seven Pairs · 七對 qī duì and Thirteen Orphans · 十三么 shí sān yāo — all terminals & honors plus a pair.

Call Mahjong · 糊 to declare your win.

Hong Kong Scoring · 番 fān (Faan)

Points are counted in faan. Below is every common pattern with an example hand — melds are grouped, with the pair on the right as the "eyes."

Winning Hand
+1

Any legal 4-sets-plus-a-pair win. Base point every winner earns.

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All Sequences平糊píng hú
+1

Every set is a chow (run). No pungs, no kongs, no honor pair.

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Concealed Hand門前清mén qián qīng
+1

Won without ever calling a tile from another player — fully hidden.

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Self Draw自摸zì mō
+1

You draw your own winning tile from the wall instead of claiming it.

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Dragon Pung箭刻jiàn kè
+1 each

A triplet of any dragon (red 中, green 發, or white 白).

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Seat / Prevailing Wind Pung圈風 / 門風quān fēng / mén fēng
+1 each

Pung of your seat wind or the round's prevailing wind. Both = +2.

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Seven Pairs七對qī duì
+2

Seven distinct pairs — a special hand shape (no sets required).

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All Triplets對對糊duì duì hú
+3

Every set is a pung or kong — no chows anywhere in the hand.

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Half Flush混一色hùn yī sè
+3

One suit only, plus any honor tiles (winds and dragons).

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Small Dragons小三元xiǎo sān yuán
+3

Two dragon pungs plus a pair of the third dragon.

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Great Dragons大三元dà sān yuán
+8

Pungs of all three dragons — red, green, and white.

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Full Flush清一色qīng yī sè
+7

Every tile in one suit, no honors at all.

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All Honors字一色zì yī sè
+10

Only winds and dragons — no suited tiles at all.

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Thirteen Orphans十三么shí sān yāo
+13

One of each terminal (1s and 9s of every suit) and every honor, plus a pair of any of them.

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