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  -  L
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LIGHTENING
1 - 9 in any suit
Pung of Dragons
Pair of Winds
All tiles from the

LIL
1 - 2 - 3 in the first suit
4 - 5 - 6 in the second suit
7 - 8 - 9 in the third suit
NEWS
Any Wind to pair
Concealed hand

LILY OF THE VALLEY
Pung or Kong of White Dragons
Pung or Kong of Green Dragons
Two pungs or kongs of any Green Bamboo - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8
Pair of Green Bamboos
Discards allowed

LINDENBURGH
1927 in two suits
Pung of East Winds
Pung of West Winds
Discards allowed

LITTLE BROTHER
Two pungs in assorted suits
One chow in assorted suits
One pung of any Wind
Pair of any Dragons
                                           - or -
One pung of any Dragons
Pair of any Wind
Discards allowed

LITTLE CHOWS
1 - 2 - 3 of each suit
1 - 2 - 3 mixed
Pair of 4's
All tiles from the wall, except the last

LITTLE EVENS
One pung of 2 - 4 - 6 and 8 in assorted suits
Pair of either 2 or 8
Discards allowed

LITTLE GATES
1 - 9 in the first suit
1 and 9 in the second suit
1 and 9 in the third suit
A tile to pair in the sequence 2 - 8 in the first suit
Discards allowed

LITTLE ODDS
Pung of 1, 5, 7 and 9 in assorted suits
Pair of either 1 or 9
Discards allowed

LITTLE ROBERT
Four chows in one suit
Pair of any suit
All tiles from the wall, UNLESS pairing own Wind

LITTLE ROBERT'S BROTHER
Three chows in one suit
One pung in one suit
Pair in one suit
All tiles from the wall, except the last

LITTLE STEP-BROTHER - LITTLE BROTHER
Four pungs in assorted suits
Pair of own Wind
Concealed hand

LITTLE WILLIE - BASKET - CHEE OR CHOW
No Winds or Dragons
One chow in each suit
One mixed up chow
One pair
Concealed hand

LUCKY SEVENS
One pung of 7's in each suit
Pair of each Dragon
Pair of East Winds
Discards allowed

LUCY GATES
One suit only and corresponding Dragons
Pung of 1's and 9's
Pair of 2's - 4's - 6's - 8's
Pung of corresponding Dragons
Discards allowed

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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