Printable Hong Kong mahjong cheat sheet

Everything you need at the table on one page: every hand Mahjong House scores, with its Chinese name, Jyutping and faan; the basics and the order of claims; a payout grid; and the four winds. It's free to print, save as a PDF and share with your mahjong group or class.

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Hong Kong Mahjong Cheat Sheet

港式麻雀番數表

Standard rules: 3-faan minimum (三番起糊) · 10-faan cap (十番滿糊) · half-spicy payouts (半辣上) · discarder pays all (全銃)

Faan table

How you win

Self-draw自摸 · zi6 mo2	You draw the winning tile	1
Concealed hand門前清 · mun4 cin4 cing1	No chow, pong or exposed kong (a concealed kong also breaks it)	1
Win on kong replacement槓上自摸	Win on the tile drawn after a kong; with self-draw, 2	1
Win on flower replacement花上自摸	Win on the tile drawn after a flower; with self-draw, 2	1
Robbing the kong搶槓 · coeng2 gong3	Win on the tile another player adds to a pong	1
Last tile of the wall海底撈月 · hoi2 dai2 laau4 jyut6	Self-draw on the wall's last tile	1
Last discard海底炮	Win on the discard after the last tile	1

Flowers and seasons

Seat flower or season正花 · zing3 faa1	Each flower or season numbered for your seat	1
Full flower or season set一台花 · jat1 toi4 faa1	All 4 flowers, or all 4 seasons (per set)	2
No bonus tiles無花 · mou4 faa1	No flowers or seasons at all	1
All eight bonus tiles八仙過海 · baat3 sin1 gwo3 hoi2	All 8 bonus tiles: instant win, as a self-draw	8

Dragons and winds

Dragon pong紅中／發財／白板	Pong or kong of a dragon, each	1
Seat wind pong門風 · mun4 fung1	Pong or kong of your seat's wind	1
Prevailing wind pong圈風 · hyun1 fung1	Pong or kong of the round's wind; with seat wind, 2	1
Little three dragons小三元 · siu2 saam1 jyun4	2 dragon pongs + a dragon pair (includes their faan)	5
Big three dragons大三元 · daai6 saam1 jyun4	3 dragon pongs (includes their faan)	8
Little four winds小四喜 · siu2 sei3 hei2	3 wind pongs + a wind pair	6

Hand patterns

Chicken hand雞糊 · gai1 wu4	No pattern: needs 3 faan from elsewhere	0
All chows平糊 · ping4 wu4	4 chows, a non-scoring pair, two-sided wait	1
All pongs對對糊 · deoi3 deoi3 wu4	4 pongs or kongs + a pair	3
Half flush混一色 · wan6 jat1 sik1	One suit + honours	3
Mixed terminals混么九 · wan6 jiu1 gau2	Only 1s, 9s and honours, all pongs (includes All pongs)	4
Full flush清一色 · cing1 jat1 sik1	One suit, no honours	7

Limit hands: 10 faan, nothing added

Thirteen orphans十三么 · sap6 saam1 jiu1	Every 1, 9, wind and dragon + one more	Limit
Nine gates九蓮寶燈 · gau2 lin4 bou2 dang1	1112345678999 of one suit + any of it, concealed	Limit
Four kongs十八羅漢 · sap6 baat3 lo4 hon3	Four kongs	Limit
Big four winds大四喜 · daai6 sei3 hei2	Pongs of all four winds	Limit
All honours字一色 · zi6 jat1 sik1	Only winds and dragons	Limit
Pure terminals清么九 · cing1 jiu1 gau2	Only 1s and 9s, all pongs	Limit
Four concealed pongs坎坎糊 · ham2 ham2 wu4	4 pongs all drawn yourself	Limit
Heavenly hand天糊 · tin1 wu4	Dealer wins on the opening tiles	Limit
Earthly hand地糊 · dei6 wu4	Win on the dealer's first discard	Limit

Stacking: All pongs + Half flush = 6 · All pongs + Full flush = 10 · Concealed hand + Self-draw = 2 · Half flush and Full flush never together · the hand counts its best reading.

Basics and claims

Tiles: 144; everyone holds 13. The dealer (East) starts with 14 and discards first.
Win (食糊): 4 sets + a pair, worth at least 3 faan. Total capped at 10.
Pong (碰): hold a pair, claim anyone's discard.
Kong (槓): claim a discard with 3 in hand, add a 4th to your pong, or declare 4 concealed; draw a replacement from the back of the wall.
Chow (上): only from the player before you (上家): a run of 3 in one suit.
Claim order: Win, then Pong or Kong, then Chow. Two wins on one tile: the next in turn takes it (截糊).
Flowers: set aside at once and draw a replacement.
Wall runs out: a drawn hand (流局). Nobody pays; the dealer deals again.

Payouts (in points)

S = one unit: what each opponent pays on a self-draw.
Self-draw (自摸): each of 3 pays S, so the winner gets 3S.
全銃 (standard): the discarder pays 3S alone.
半銃: the discarder pays 2S, the other two S each: 4S.
包: the responsible player pays the whole amount alone.

Faan	Half-spicy 半辣上 (standard)				Spicy 辣辣上
Faan	S	3S	2S	4S	S	3S	2S	4S
3	4	12	8	16	4	12	8	16
4	8	24	16	32	8	24	16	32
5	12	36	24	48	16	48	32	64
6	16	48	32	64	32	96	64	128
7	24	72	48	96	64	192	128	256
8	32	96	64	128	128	384	256	512
9	48	144	96	192	256	768	512	1,024
10	64	192	128	256	512	1,536	1,024	2,048

13-faan cap: S for 11–13 faan is 96 · 128 · 192 (半辣上) or 1,024 · 2,048 · 4,096 (辣辣上).

Seats and winds

East 東 · Dealer (莊家)Flower 1 梅 · Season 1 春
South 南Flower 2 蘭 · Season 2 夏
West 西Flower 3 菊 · Season 3 秋
North 北Flower 4 竹 · Season 4 冬

Turns go counter-clockwise: East → South → West → North. A full game is four rounds (East, South, West, North); the round's wind is the prevailing wind (圈風).

What's on the sheet

The faan table: all 32 hands and bonuses Mahjong House scores, grouped as on the scoring guide, with Chinese names, Jyutping and faan. Limit hands are marked.
The basics: tiles in hand, what makes a win, pong, kong and chow in a line each, and which claim wins when two players want the same tile.
The payout grid: the unit for 3 to 10 faan under half-spicy (半辣上) and spicy (辣辣上), and what a self-draw, 全銃 and 半銃 pay. The payout table explains it in full.
Seats and winds: the four winds in turn order, with each seat's flower and season.

Printing tips

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To make a PDF, choose Save as PDF as the printer, or download a ready-made PDF above.
Copies are free to share with friends, clubs and classes. Please keep the footer line, so others can find the full guides.

Your table's house rules

The sheet follows Mahjong House's standard rules: a 3-faan minimum, a 10-faan cap, half-spicy payouts and 全銃, where the discarder pays alone. Real tables vary, so agree your house rules (枱例) first. The rules list the common variations, and the faan calculator adds up a hand for you.

Questions

Is the cheat sheet free to print and share?

Yes. Print it, save it as a PDF and hand out copies to your mahjong group or class. Please keep the footer line that points back to mahjonghouse.app.

Will it fit on one page?

Yes, on A4 or US Letter in portrait at 100% scale. The ready-made PDFs are A4.

Is there a Chinese version?

Yes. The Traditional Chinese sheet puts the Chinese names first, and there's a Simplified Chinese one too: switch with the language menu at the top. All three PDFs are linked at the top of this page.

Does the sheet match the Mahjong House game?

Yes. The faan and payouts are the game's standard rules, taken from its rules engine, the same as the scoring guide and payout table.

Test yourself: today's Daily PuzzleOne Hong Kong mahjong hand a day. What would Sifu discard?