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Taiwanese mahjong tai table

Defaults follow most Taiwanese tables and the big apps (正花正字). Variants sit under each line. Conditions, sources and the calculator: mahjongorchid.com/en/tai/

Each payer: base + tai × unitSelf-draw: all three · Discard: the discarderDealer +1 · streak +2N (dealer ↔ payer only)
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Basics

莊家 zhuāngjiāEvery payment between the dealer and another player carries 1 extra tai. Payments between two non-dealers carry none.
1台
連N拉N lián N lā NN is the number of hands in a row this dealer has kept the deal, by a win or a drawn hand. 連2拉2 is 4 tai, 5 with the dealer tai.Variants: MJOnline (戲谷) 2N (or N) · Mahjong Masters 連 + 拉 · Willoughby (1998) +2 per repeat win
2N台
門清 ménqīngNo chow, pung, exposed or added kong; a concealed kong is fine. On a discard win it scores 1; on a self-draw it becomes 門清自摸.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
自摸 zìmōYou drew the winning tile yourself, from the wall or a replacement: 1 tai. A concealed hand scores 門清自摸 instead.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
門清自摸 ménqīng zìmōA concealed hand that self-draws scores 3 on one line: 門清 1, 自摸 1 and 不求 1. Players call it 「門清一摸三」.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 5
3台
不求 bùqiúWhen a 天聽 or 地聽 hand self-draws, 門清 is already part of the ready bonus, and 不求 still scores 1.
1台

Winds and dragons

圈風 quānfēngA pung or kong of the round wind, 1 per set. In the East round an East pung scores for anyone.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) listed, no value
1台
門風 ménfēngA pung or kong of your own seat wind, 1 per set. Seat winds count from the player whose wall was opened (東家), who is not always the dealer.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) listed, no value
1台
三元牌 sānyuánpáiA pung or kong of 中, 發 or 白, 1 per set.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台

Flowers

正花 zhènghuāA flower whose number matches your seat, 1 per tile: East 1, South 2, West 3, North 4.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) listed, no value
1台
花槓 huāgàngAll four plants (梅蘭菊竹) or all four seasons (春夏秋冬): 2 tai, in place of that series' own flower.Variants: MJOnline (戲谷) 1 · zh Wikibooks 2, plus 正花
2台

How you won

邊張 · 中洞 · 單吊 · 獨聽 dútīngThe hand waited on one tile kind only: edge, closed, pair or another single wait.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
搶槓 qiǎnggàngYou win on the tile another player adds to an exposed pung: 1 tai. It counts as their discard, so they pay alone and there is no 自摸.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
槓上開花 gàngshàng kāihuāYou self-draw on the replacement tile after a kong or a flower: 1 tai, plus 自摸.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
海底撈月 hǎidǐ lāo yuèYou self-draw the last drawable tile: 1 tai, plus 自摸.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
河底撈魚 hédǐ lāo yúYou win on the discard made after the last drawable tile: 1 tai.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
全求人 quánqiúrénAll five sets claimed, one tile left in hand, won on a discard: 2 tai. No 單吊 on top.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 3 · Mahjong Masters 3 (with 單吊)
2台
半求人 bànqiúrénAs 全求人, but self-drawn: 1 tai, plus 自摸.Variants: zh Wikibooks one variant, +1
1台

Hand shapes

平胡 pínghúFive chows and a pair of suited tiles, no honours, no flowers, won on a discard with a two-sided wait: 2 tai. 門清 adds on top.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 3, not concealed
2台
三暗刻 sān ànkèThree pungs you drew yourself, concealed kongs included: 2 tai. A pung finished by another player's discard is not concealed.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 3
2台
四暗刻 sì ànkèFour concealed pungs: 5 tai, in place of 三暗刻.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 7 · Willoughby (1998) 7
5台
五暗刻 wǔ ànkèFive concealed pungs: 8 tai, in place of 四暗刻.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 12 · Willoughby (1998) 14
8台
碰碰胡 pèngpènghúFive pungs or kongs and a pair, no chows: 4 tai. Also called 對對胡.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 6 · Willoughby (1998) 7
4台
混一色 hùnyīsèOne suit plus honours: 4 tai. Also called 湊一色.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 6 · Willoughby (1998) 7
4台
清一色 qīngyīsèOne suit, no honours: 8 tai.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 12 · Willoughby (1998) 14
8台
字一色 zìyīsèHonours only: 8 tai, without 碰碰胡 on top.Variants: zh Wikibooks 8 to 24+ (discussed) · IGS (明星3缺1) as 清一色 · ZSY (宅神爺) 16 · Mahjong Masters 16, 碰碰胡 etc. on top
8台

Big and special hands

小三元 xiǎo sānyuánTwo dragon pungs and a dragon pair: 4 tai, in place of 三元牌.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 6 · Willoughby (1998) 7
4台
大三元 dà sānyuánPungs of all three dragons: 8 tai, in place of 三元牌.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 12 · Willoughby (1998) 14
8台
小四喜 xiǎo sìxǐThree wind pungs and a wind pair: 8 tai. 圈風 and 門風 still add.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 12 · Willoughby (1998) 7
8台
大四喜 dà sìxǐPungs of all four winds: 16 tai, in place of 圈風 and 門風.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 24 · Willoughby (1998) 14 · Mahjong Masters 16, wind lines still add
16台
宣告聽牌 xuāngào tīngpáiYou declare your ready hand: 1 tai. After that you may only discard the tile you draw.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 2
1台
地聽 dìtīngYou keep your first draw and declare ready with your first discard, before anyone has called: 4 tai. It replaces 宣告聽牌 and 門清.Variants: zh Wikibooks 8
4台
天聽 tiāntīngYour dealt tiles are already ready and you declare with your first discard: 8 tai. It replaces 宣告聽牌 and 門清.Variants: zh Wikibooks 16
8台
人胡 rénhúA non-dealer wins on a discard before their own first draw, and nobody has called: 8 tai.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 16 · Mahjong Masters 16
8台
地胡 dìhúA non-dealer self-draws on their very first draw, and nobody has called: 16 tai.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 24 · Willoughby (1998) 14 · zh Wikibooks 16 (on the dealer's first discard)
16台
天胡 tiānhúThe dealer wins on the opening 17 tiles, after flower replacement and before any discard: 24 tai.Variants: zh Wikibooks 32 · ZSY (宅神爺) 36 · Mahjong Masters 16 · Willoughby (1998) 14
24台
八仙過海 bāxiān guòhǎiAll eight flowers: an instant win worth 8, paid by all three.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 16 · Willoughby (1998) 14 · CML (tournament) no instant win, +8 only
8台
七搶一 qī qiǎng yīYou hold seven flowers and take the eighth from another player: an instant win worth 8, paid by that player alone.Variants: ZSY (宅神爺) 16 · Mahjong Masters not played · Willoughby (1998) 14 · CML (tournament) not played
8台
配牌花胡 pèipái huāhúThe deal itself gives you 八仙過海 or 七搶一: 12 tai.
12台

見花見字 tables

No 圈風, 門風 or 正花; instead: 見花見台 1 · 見風見台 1 · 無字無花 2 · 明槓 1 · 暗槓 2
蘭花麻將 Mahjong Orchid · mahjongorchid.comTaiwanese 16-tile · five sets and a pair · no minimum, 屁胡 wins the baseEdition 2026-10