Tai Cheat Sheet

Every Hand And Its Tai

• Ping Hu

  4 tai

  Four Chi and a plain Eye, with no flowers or animals. Also said Peng Hu.

• Chow Ping Hu

  1 tai

  Four Chi and a plain Eye, with a flower or animal.

• Hun Yi Se

  2 tai

  One suit with winds or dragons. Also said half colour, Ban Se.

• Qing Yi Se

  4 tai

  One suit and nothing else. Also said full colour.

• Pong Pong Hu

  2 tai

  Four Pongs or Kongs and an Eye. Also said Peng Peng Hu, Dui Dui Hu.

• Terminals & Honours

  2 tai

  Only 1s, 9s, winds and dragons, with some of each.

• Xiao San Yuan Addition

  1 tai

  Two dragon sets and the third dragon as the Eye, on top of the sets’ own.

• Xiao Si Xi

  4 tai

  Three wind sets, and the fourth wind as the Eye.

• Men Qing Zi Mo

  1 tai

  Nothing claimed, and you draw the winning tile yourself.

• Dragon Set

  1 tai

  Each Pong or Kong of dragons.

• Own Wind Set

  1 tai

  A Pong or Kong of your Own Wind.

• Round Wind Set

  1 tai

  A Pong or Kong of the Round Wind.

• Your Own Flower Or Season

  1 tai

  The flower or season with your seat’s number.

• Each Animal

  1 tai

  Each animal you hold.

• All Four Flowers Or Seasons

  1 tai

  All four flowers, or all four seasons.

• All Four Animals

  1 tai

  All four animals.

• Hua Shang

  1 tai

  Winning on the tile drawn after a flower.

• Gang Shang

  1 tai

  Winning on the tile drawn after a Kong.

• Hai Di Lao Yue

  1 tai

  Winning on the last tile there is to draw.

• Qiang Gang

  1 tai

  Winning on the tile someone adds to their Pong.

• Da San Yuan

  Limit · 5 tai

  A set of each of the three dragons.

• Da Si Xi

  Limit · 5 tai

  A set of each of the four winds.

• 13 Wonders

  Limit · 5 tai

  Every 1, 9, wind and dragon, and one of them twice.

• Eight Flowers

  Limit · 5 tai

  All eight flowers and seasons win at once.

• Zi Yi Se

  Limit · 5 tai

  Only winds and dragons.

• All Terminals

  Limit · 5 tai

  Only 1s and 9s.

• Kam Kam Hu

  Limit · 5 tai

  Four Pongs made in your hand, nothing claimed.

• All Green

  Limit · 5 tai

  Only green tiles: Bamboo 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8, and Fa Cai.

• Jiu Lian Bao Deng

  Limit · 5 tai

  1112345678999 of one suit and one more of it, nothing claimed.

• Shi Ba Luo Han

  Limit · 5 tai

  Four Kongs.

• Tian Hu

  Limit · 5 tai

  The Banker wins on the dealt tiles.

• Di Hu

  Limit · 5 tai

  Winning on the Banker’s first discard.

• Gang Shang Gang

  Limit · 5 tai

  A Kong, another Kong on its replacement, then the win.

Counting A Hand

1. Check the shape: four sets and an Eye, or a limit hand. A limit hand is paid at 5 tai; stop there.
2. Bonus tiles: each animal, your own flower and season, and any complete family.
3. Honour sets: each dragon, your Own Wind, the Round Wind.
4. The pattern: Ping Hu, a flush, Pong Pong Hu and the rest.
5. How you won: Men Qing Zi Mo, Hua Shang, Gang Shang, Hai Di Lao Yue, Qiang Gang.
6. Add it up. You need 1 tai to win; anything over 5 tai is paid as the limit.

What It Pays

Discard win: the shooter pays twice the base, the others the base. Zi Mo: all three pay twice the base.

• 1 tai: 8 points on a discard (4 points shooter, 2 points others); 12 points by Zi Mo.
• 2 tai: 16 points on a discard (8 points shooter, 4 points others); 24 points by Zi Mo.
• 3 tai: 32 points on a discard (16 points shooter, 8 points others); 48 points by Zi Mo.
• 4 tai: 64 points on a discard (32 points shooter, 16 points others); 96 points by Zi Mo.
• 5 tai: 128 points on a discard (64 points shooter, 32 points others); 192 points by Zi Mo.