Taiwanese Scoring Elements

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Initial Points

• A limit of 300 points is often set (600 for the dealer).
• A minimum of five tai is common.

Criteria

The winning hand must have five sets and a pair with a minimum of five tai.

Outline

Win by self-drawn: All players pay the value of the winner’s hand.
Win by discard: The discarding player pays the value of the winner’s hand. If the discarded tile is claimed by more than one player, the discarder pays all the winners.

Dealer pays one extra tai upon losing but on the same token, gets paid one extra tai upon winning. In addition, the dealer receives two extra tai for each time he remains the dealer (and again pays two extra upon losing).

Scoring Table

Value	Hand	Taiwanese	Description	Type
1	Flower Tile	Hua	One point per flower tile.	Special
1	No Flowers	Wu hua	Hand contains no flower tiles.	Special
1	Pung Of Honors	Tsu	Hand contains a triplet of honor tiles.	Pung-based
1	No Honors	Wu tsu	Hand contains no honor tiles.	Suit-based
1	Self-Drawn Win	Tsu mor	Going out on a self-drawn tile.	Going Out
1	Melded Kong	Ming garng	Hand contains one open quad.	Kong Based
1	Robbing The Kong	Chiang garng	Going out on a tile that was used to promote a quad.	Going Out
1	Last Tile Win Self-Drawn	Hai dee	Going out on the last tile of the wall by self-drawing. Can combine with Self-Draw	Going Out
1	Concealed Hand	Men ching	Going out on a concealed hand.	Going Out
2	Concealed Kong	An garng	Hand contains a concealed quad.	Kong Based
2	Single Wait	Du ting	Going out on a single wait.	Going Out
2	Closed Wait	Du ting	Going out on a closed wait.	Going Out
2	Two Concealed Pungs	Liang an kan	Hand contains two concealed triplets.	Pung-based
3	No Honors Or Flowers	Wu tsu hua	Hand contains no flower tiles or honor tiles. (Does not combine with No Flowers or No Honors)	Suit-based
3	Fully Concealed Hand	Men ching bu chiu	Going out on a fully concealed hand.	Going Out
3	All Chows (with Flowers or Honors)	Xiao ping hu	Hand contains all sequences, flower tiles, and/or a pair of honor tiles.	Chow-based
5	Three Concealed Pungs	San an kan	Hand contains three concealed triplets.	Pung-based
5	Win Within 5 To 10 Discards	Shuh tsu	Going out when there are more than 5 but less than 10 discards on the table.	Going Out
5	Full Straight (Open)	Wai long	Hand contains three sequences from 1-9 of the same suit with at least one sequence open.	Chow-based
5	Little Three Winds	Wei wei	Hand contains two triplets and a pair of wind tiles.	Honor-based
10	Half Flush	Huen yi sher	Hand is composed of one suit and honor tiles.	Suit-based
10	All Pungs	Dui dui hu	Hand contains all pungs.	Pung-based
10	Full Straight (Closed)	Nei long	Hand contains three seqeuences from 1-9 of the same suit with all sequences closed.	Chow-based
10	All Chows (without Flowers and Honors)	Dar ping hu	Hand contains all sequences and no honor tiles or flower tiles.	Chow-based
10	All Revealed	Chuan chiu ren	Going out with all open sets. The pair can be won by discard or self-draw.	Going Out
10	Win Within 5 Discards	Ooh tsu	Going out when there are 5 or less discards on the table.	Going Out
10	Little Three Dragons	Xiao san yuan	Two triplets and a pair composed of dragon tiles.	Honor-based
10	Ready Hand	Biao ting	Player has a ready hand with the initially dealt hand. The read hand must be announced and cannot be changed thereafter.	Going Out
10	Big Three Winds	San fung	Three triplets composed of wind tiles.	Honor-based
10	Four Concealed Pungs	Szu an kan	Hand contains four concealed triplets. Quads count as a concealed triplet.	Pung-based
20	7 Flowers And Robbing The 8th	Chi chiang yi	Having seven flowers and robbing the eight. No other scoring is counted.	Special
30	All Flowers	Bar tsu hua	Having eight flower tiles. No other scoring is counted.	Special
30	Little Four Winds	Xiao szu yi	Having three triplets and a pair composed of wind tiles.	Honor-based
30	Big Three Dragons	Dar san yuan	Having three triplets composed of dragon tiles.	Honor-based
30	Seven Pairs And A Pung	Ni gu ni gu	Hand contains seven pairs and one triplet. Identical pairs are ok.	Special
40	Big Four Winds	Dar szu xi	Hand contains four triplets composed of wind tiles.	Honor-based
40	Full Flush	Ching yi sher	Hand is composed of one suit.	Suit-based
40	Blessing Of Heaven	Tian hu	Going out as the dealer on the initially dealt hand.	Going Out
40	Blessing Of Earth	Dee hu	Going out as a non-dealer on the dealer's first discard.	Going Out
40	Five Concealed Pungs	Wu an kan	Hand contains five concealed triplets. A quand counts as a concealed triplet.	Pung-based

Example

Example 1

Consider the following example. East (東) round; South (南) position.

pair	concealed chow	waiting on 6-9	melded chow	melded pung	melded chow	flower tiles	out on

No Honors	1
Winning	2
Flower/Season	2
	6

The hand earns 1 point for having No Honor tiles. An additional 2 points are earned for having two flower/season tiles.
The responsible player will pay out the value of the hand, 11.

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Example 2
Consider the following example. East round (東); East position (東).

concealed pair	concealed chow	concealed pair	melded pung	melded pung	melded chow	flower tiles	out on

Pung of Honors	1
Winning	2
Flower/Season	3
Dealer's Bonus	1
	7

The hand earns 1 point for having Pung of Honors. An additional 3 points are earned for having two flower/season tiles.
The responsible player will pay out the value of the hand, 6, plus an additional tai for the dealer's bonus.

Example 3
Consider the following example. East round (東); East position (東).

concealed pair	concealed pair	melded pung	melded pung	melded pung	melded pung	flower tiles	out on

Pung Hand	10
Pung of Honors	1
Winning	2
Flower/Season	1
Dealer's Bonus	1
Dealer's Consecutive Bonus	6
	21

This hand contains All Pungs which earns 10 points. In addition, there is a Pung of Honors. The player as the dealer has won three times prior, earning two additional tai for each instance (2 tai x 3 consecutive deals), and has won again as the dealer.

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