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
Scoring
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East Wind always pays out double ... and receives double.

DURING PLAY
PUNG of first tile of the game  ...........................................................................................................   2
A BOUGUET - A garden of flowers (set of 4 flowers of the same colour group).
                           Each player pays 500 immediately and the flower tiles are discarded
                           and not counted at the end of the game  ......................................................   500

MAH JONG
Clean hand        .................................................................................................................................    20
Dirty hand (mixed) ............................................................................................................................   10
Last tile taken from the Wall  .........................................................................................................  10
Last tile taken from the Discards  ..................................................................................................   2

BASIC SCORES - NO SCORE FOR CHOWS


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Minor Tiles  (2-8) .........
Major Tiles (1's and 9's) 
Winds  ...........................
Dragons  ........................
Flowers and Seasons  



          PUNGS
Exposed     Concealed

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2   .................   4
4   .................   8
4   .................   8  
4   .................   8
4 each
         KONGS
Exposed      Concealed
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8   ....................  16
16  ...................   32
16  ...................   32
16  ...................   32
PAIRS

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2
2
2

DOUBLES to the Base Score
Doubles are scored for holding certain tiles or a combination of tiles
MAH JONG  .....................
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HANDS .............................


WINDS  .............................



​DRAGONS  ......................

FLOWERS  ......................
All Royal Honour Hand - only Winds and Dragons ..................................

NO Honour Tiles - Winds, Dragons, 1's and 9's  ........................................
Concealed Hand  ....................................................................................................

All Honour Hand - Winds, Dragons, 1's and 9's in each suit 
Own Wind ................................................................................................................
Wind of the Round ................................................................................................

​Any  .............................................................................................................................

Own Flower  .............................................................................................................
COMPLETE SET (if money not taken during the game)  ..........................
3

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2


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1

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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