Scoring rules
Hong Kong
The most widely played Cantonese style. Hands are counted in faan.
Tiles in hand13 tiles
A complete hand4 sets + 1 pair
Counted infaan
Minimum to win3 faan
Flower tilesIn play
Seven pairsDoes not count
The basics
- Everyone holds 13 tiles, then draws one and discards one.
- A hand is complete at 4 sets plus a pair. A set is three of the same tile, or a run of three in one suit.
- Flower and season tiles are in play. Draw one, lay it face up, and take a replacement tile.
How payment is worked out
- Hands are counted in faan, and you need at least 3 faan to win.
- The value doubles as it climbs, up to a limit of 13 faan.
- Won off a discard: whoever discarded pays alone, and the other two pay nothing.
- Won on a self-draw: all three pay in full, so the hand is worth three times as much.
- Seven pairs does NOT count as a win in this style.
The deal
- If the dealer wins, they deal again. If not, the deal moves to the right.
- Once the deal has been all the way round, the round wind changes: East, South, West, North.
- If the wall runs out with nobody winning, the hand is replayed and no points move.
Agree on these before you start
- House rules differ, especially in the Cantonese and Hokkien styles.
- Settle first: the minimum faan, what the limit is worth, how flowers count, and whether seven pairs is allowed.
- This app only does the arithmetic. What a hand is worth is still yours to agree at the table.