How to play Mahjong.pdf

Your Dynamic Chinese Language Partner Shanghai, China 南北中文 SN Mandarin How to play Mahjong Introduction The History of Mahjong game can only be traced back to the latter part of 1890 in the area of Ning Po (China). As the game spread through China different regions adopted the game, each with its own unique set of rules. Shortly after the First World War, an America resident in Shanghai, Joseph Babcock, published the game manual together with the suggestion of the British engineer named Walker to add Arabic numbers to the tiles/mahjong to distinguish each tile and make the game easier to play. Mahjong Set Consist of 144 titles in total plus a wind indicator and 3 dice. 3 suits (108 titles) Circles Number 1 to 9, 4 tiles each Bamboos Number 1 to 9, 4 tiles each Thousands Number 1 to 9, 4 tiles each 4 Winds (16 titles) East (E), South (S), West (W), North (N) (4 tiles each) 3 Dragons (12 titles) Red (C), Green (F), White (P) (4 tiles each) 4 seasons (4 titles) Plum (1), Orchid (2), Chrysanthemum (3), Bamboo (4) (one tile each) 4 flowers (4 titles) Spring (1), Summer (2), Autumn (3), Winter (4) (one tile each) The Wind Indicator plus 3 Dice How to Play? (1) Rules Pre-agreed rules before the game start - such as the maximum number of points (Fan) of the Winning hand (Mahjong or Sheek-Woo) and the special hands. (2) Number of players 4 (3) How to win? Collect 4 sets of either Pung, Sheung or Kong and must have a pair of same tiles known as Ngan to win Sheek-Woo or Mahjong except the special hands. Pung Set of 3 identical tiles from any suits, dragons or winds. Example: 3 (8 Thousands) 3 (5 Bamboos) 3 (2 Circles) Sheung A run of 3 tiles from same suit. (9, 1, 2 is not permissible) Example: 4, 5, 6 Circles 4, 5, 6 Thousands 3, 4, 5 Bamboos Kong 4 identical tiles from any suits, dragons or winds Example: 4 Red Dragons (4) Table 36 inches square table is the ideal size. (5) Building the walls 136 tiles only excluding 4 flower tiles and 4 season titles . Each player builds a