Every scoring hand

Ping Hu

Four sets of Chi and a pair, where the pair cannot give a Double if Ponged, no flowers or animals, and calling on at least two tiles.

Standard hand · 4 doubles

Chao Ping Hu

The same shape as a Ping Hu, but the player holds flowers or animals — worth 1 Double instead of 4.

Standard hand · 1 double

Pong Pong Hu

Four sets of Pong or Kong and a pair.

Standard hand · 2 doubles

Qing Yi Se

Every tile in the hand is from a single suit.

Standard hand · 4 doubles

Ban Se

One suit mixed with winds and dragons, and nothing else.

Standard hand · 2 doubles

Da San Yuan

A Pong of each of the Red, Green and White Dragons.

Special hand · Limit

Xiao San Yuan

Two Pongs and a pair across the three Dragons. The hand must be complete.

Special hand · 3 doubles

Da Si Xi

A Pong of every wind — East, South, West and North.

Special hand · Limit

Xiao Si Xi

Three Pongs and a pair across the four winds. The hand must be complete.

Special hand · 4 doubles

Yao Jiu

Four Pongs of ones or nines from any suit, plus a pair of ones or nines.

Special hand · Limit

Shi San Yao

One of every wind, every dragon, and the 1 and 9 of each suit — with any one of them paired.

Special hand · Limit

Jiu Lian Bao Deng

Three 1s, three 9s and a run of 2 to 8 in one suit — potentially calling for all nine tiles of that suit.

Special hand · Limit

Shi Ba Luo Han

Four Kongs and a pair — eighteen tiles in all.

Special hand · Limit

Lu Yi Se

Built only from green tiles — 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 Bamboo and the Green Dragon.

Special hand · Limit

Zi Yi Se

Four Pongs and a pair using only winds and dragons.

Special hand · Limit

Dui Dui Hu

Four concealed Pongs and a pair, held entirely in hand. Usually won by Zhi Mo.

Special hand · Limit

Cai Hua Zei

Ends up holding all eight flowers. The contents of the hand itself are inconsequential.

Special hand · Limit

Tian Hu

The dealer wins on the original fourteen tiles drawn from breaking the wall.

A situation rather than a tile pattern.

Special hand · Limit

Di Hu

A player wins on the dealer’s very first discard.

A situation rather than a tile pattern.

Special hand · Limit

Built only from blue tiles — the four winds, 8 Marbles and the White Dragon.

Unusual hand · Limit

A dealer who has held dealership eight hands running scores limit from the ninth onwards.

A situation rather than a tile pattern.

Unusual hand · Limit

Ci Dui Zi

Seven pairs held concealed. An Um Kong counts as two pairs.

Unusual hand · 4 doubles

Three Chis, one in each suit, plus one of every wind with any of the winds paired.

Unusual hand · 4 doubles

1, 8, 1, 9 in bamboo and 1, 9, 6, 5 in characters, with a Pong of East and a Pong of West.

Unusual hand · Limit

Any fourteen of the winds, dragons and 1-4-7 / 2-5-8 / 3-6-9 split across the three suits. No pair.

Unusual hand · 4 doubles

Four sequences woven across the suits — first tile from suit A, middle from B, last from C.

Unusual hand · Limit

No dragons, only non-scoring winds, at most four tiles per suit, and nothing in a suit that touches or matches.

Unusual hand · 1 double