The Smooth GUIDE ​to MahJong
  • INTRODUCTION
    • THE GAME
    • Glossary
    • The Mah Jong Set
    • The Game of Mah Jong
    • Starting the Game
    • Playing a Goulash Game
    • Scoring
  • QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE to HANDS
    • 2 - 3 Suits
    • Any One Suit (Chows or Pungs)
    • Assorted Chows
    • Assorted Pungs
    • Bamboos
    • Characters
    • Circles
    • Dates
    • Dragons
    • Even Numbers
    • Mixed Chows
    • Mixed Odds and Evens
    • Mixed Up Pungs
    • N.E.W.S
    • Odd Numbers
    • One Chow Each Suit
    • One Pung Each Suit
    • One of Each Dragon
    • Pairs
    • Sequence of 1 - 7
    • Sequence of 1-8 and 1-9
    • Sequence of 2 - 8
    • Winds
  • MAH JONG HANDS: A-Z
    • 1's and 9's
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E and F
    • G
    • H
    • I, J and K
    • L
    • M and N
    • O and P
    • R
    • S
    • T
    • U and V
    • W
  • Contact
    • Site Map
Mah Jong Hands  -  H
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HEADS AND TAILS - GRAND TERMINALS
Four pungs of 1's and 9's
Pair of 1's and 9's
Discards allowed

HEAVENLY HASH
Four pungs of Honours (Winds and Dragons and 1's and 9's)
Pair of Honours
Discards allowed

HEAVENLY HOPSCOTCH
1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 in two suits
2 - 4 - 6 - 8 in the third suit
Concealed hand

HEAVENLY TWINS - DOUBLET - CLEAN PAIRS - ALL PAIR HAND
No Winds or Dragons
Seven pairs in one suit
All tiles from the wall, except the last

HI JACKS
(No Winds or Dragons)
Four pungs (concealed)
Pair - all in the same suit
Concealed hand

HITLER'S BLUNDER
One to seven in any suit
Pung of Dragons
NEWS
All tiles from the wall, except the last

HONOURABLE PUNGS
Three pungs (concealed) in one suit
One of each dragon - call for Dragons only
Two of the above Dragons paired - call for the Dragons only
Concealed hand

HONOURABLE RUBY JADE
Pung of 1's
Pung of 9's
Pair of Green Bamboos  -  2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8
Pung of Red Dragons
Pung of Green Dragons
Discards allowed

HONOURETTES
Five pairs of any Winds, Dragons, 1's and 9's
NEWS
Concealed hand

HOPALONG
5 - 7 - 9 in the first suit
3 - 5 - 7 - 9 in the second suit
1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 in the third suit
Pair of Winds or Dragons
Concealed hand

HOPSCOTCH
1 - 3 - 5 in the first suit
1 - 3 - 5 - 7 in the second suit
1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 in the third suit
Pair of Winds or Dragons
Concealed hand

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Acknowledgement:

​All the information collected was from players of the game. Mostly written on scraps of paper, or typed with carbon copies, I have amalgamated them as best I can.

Thank you to all the contributors.


Polly Healy - Copyright: 2013 
THE SMOOTH GUIDE TO MAH JONG

pollyhealy@live.co.uk
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  • INTRODUCTION
    • THE GAME
    • Glossary
    • The Mah Jong Set
    • The Game of Mah Jong
    • Starting the Game
    • Playing a Goulash Game
    • Scoring
  • QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE to HANDS
    • 2 - 3 Suits
    • Any One Suit (Chows or Pungs)
    • Assorted Chows
    • Assorted Pungs
    • Bamboos
    • Characters
    • Circles
    • Dates
    • Dragons
    • Even Numbers
    • Mixed Chows
    • Mixed Odds and Evens
    • Mixed Up Pungs
    • N.E.W.S
    • Odd Numbers
    • One Chow Each Suit
    • One Pung Each Suit
    • One of Each Dragon
    • Pairs
    • Sequence of 1 - 7
    • Sequence of 1-8 and 1-9
    • Sequence of 2 - 8
    • Winds
  • MAH JONG HANDS: A-Z
    • 1's and 9's
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E and F
    • G
    • H
    • I, J and K
    • L
    • M and N
    • O and P
    • R
    • S
    • T
    • U and V
    • W
  • Contact
    • Site Map