Scoring hands
Faan stack: when a hand meets several of these, add them up, then stop at the table's cap. Points are 2 to the power of the faan: 3 faan is 8, 4 is 16, 5 is 32. Off a discard, the discarder alone pays double. On a self-draw, all three pay.
Hand patterns
Chicken Hand 雞糊
“gai woo”
Four mixed sets and a pair, with nothing that scores.
All Chows 平糊
“ping woo”
Four sequences and a pair.
All Triplets 對對糊
“dui dui woo”
Four poong and a pair.
Half Flush 混一色
“wun yut sihk”
One suit mixed with honour tiles.
7 Pairs 七對子
“chut dui jee”
Seven different pairs of any suit or honours. Always a concealed hand.
Full Flush 清一色
“ching yut sihk”
One suit only. With All Triplets it stacks to 10.
Full Flush with 7 Pairs 清一色
Seven pairs all in one suit: 7 for Full Flush on top of the 4 for 7 Pairs, 11 in total.
Winds and dragons
Dragon Poong 箭刻
Every dragon poong gives 1 extra faan.
Seat Wind 門風
A pung or kong of your own wind.
Small 3 Dragons 小三元
“siu saam yuen”
Two dragon triplets and a dragon pair.
Small 4 Winds 小四喜
“siu sei hei”
Three wind triplets and a wind pair.
Big 3 Dragons 大三元
“dai saam yuen”
Triplets of all three dragons.
Big Four Winds 大四喜
“dai sei hei”
All four wind triplets and any pair.
How you won
Concealed Hand 門前清
Nothing claimed from a discard before the winning tile. Adds 1 to the hand.
Last Tile 海底撈月
Won on the last tile of the wall. Adds 1 to the hand.
Robbing the Kong 搶槓
Won on a tile another player added to a poong to make a gong. Adds 1 to the hand, and that player pays.
Flowers and seasons
6 Flowers or Seasons 六花
Holding 6, 7 or 8 flowers and seasons adds 3 to your hand. Fewer than 6 score nothing.
7 Flowers Win 花糊
Holding 7 flowers and seasons, you may declare a win straight away, worth 3 faan. Everyone pays.
Big hands
Four Concealed Triplets 坎坎糊
Four pungs or kongs with nothing claimed from a discard.
All Terminals 清么九
“ching yiu gau”
Only 1s and 9s of any suit.
All Honours 字一色
“zee yut sihk”
Only winds and dragons.
Nine Gates 九子連環
“gau zee leen warn”
Fully concealed 111 2345678 999 in one suit, plus any one more tile of that suit.
Thirteen Orphans 十三么
“sup saam yiu”
One of each 1, 9, wind and dragon, plus one more of any of them. Fully concealed.
All Gongs 十八羅漢
“sup baat lor hon”
Four gongs and any pair.
Heavenly Hand 天糊
The dealer wins with the opening hand.
Earthly Hand 地糊
A non-dealer wins on the dealer's first discard.