Taiwan plays a bigger hand: 16 tiles in the hand and a 17th drawn to win. That extra meld means hands take longer to build, and big bonus combinations show up far more often than in the 13-tile games.
16
tiles in hand
17
tiles to declare a win
144
total tiles in the wall
Section 01 · The deal
Each player gets 16 tiles.
Taiwan plays the bigger 16-tile hand. You'll build five melds plus a pair to win,
drawing a 17th tile to complete it. Big bonus combinations show up far more often.
Section 02 · The melds
Three ways to make a set.
These are the building blocks of every winning hand. Same in all four regions.
Chow · 吃
Run · Same suit
Three consecutive numbers in the same suit. Only claimable from the player on your left.
🀓
🀔
🀕
Pung · 碰
Triplet · Identical
Three identical tiles. You may claim a discard from any player.
🀟
🀟
🀟
Kong · 槓
Quartet · Identical
Four identical tiles. After declaring, draw a replacement tile from the wall.
🀊
🀊
🀊
🀊
Pair · 對
The eyes
Two identical tiles. Every winning hand needs exactly one pair as its "eyes".
🀄
🀄
Section 03 · Claim priority
When two players want the same tile.
Multiple players can claim a discard. The engine resolves them in this order — same for all four regions.
Win
›
Kong
›
Pung
›
Chow
Multiple winners on the same discard are allowed — if two or more players can declare a win from
one tile, all of them score.
Section 04 · Winning
A complete hand needs melds + a pair.
In Taiwan, that's 5 melds + 1 pair = 17 tiles when you win.
You can also win on Seven Pairs (七對).
Either by drawing your winning tile yourself (zimo / 自摸), or by claiming a tile someone discards.
Counts as a win
🀇
🀈
🀉
🀐
🀑
🀒
🀟
🀟
🀟
🀊
🀊
🀊
🀄
🀄
4 melds + a pair (13-tile shape, 14 with the winning tile).
🀇
🀇
🀈
🀈
🀐
🀐
🀓
🀓
🀙
🀙
🀟
🀟
🀄
🀄
Seven Pairs — allowed in every region in this app.
Doesn't count
🀇
🀈
🀊
A "run" with a gap — chow must be three consecutive numbers in one suit.
🀇
🀐
🀙
Mixed suits — chow can't cross suits.
🀟
🀟
A pair on its own isn't a meld — you still need 5 of them plus this pair to declare.
Section 05 · The exact rule sheet
Taiwan preset, in full.
Straight from the engine. These are the values used the moment a Taiwan game starts in this app.
Hand size
16 tiles
Flowers in deck
Yes · 8 bonus tiles
Min faan to win
1 · need at least one fan of value
Seven Pairs
Allowed
Win on discard
Yes
Win on self-draw
Yes · zimo · 自摸
Multiple winners
Yes · two or more may declare on one discard
Chow source
Player on your left only
Pung / Kong source
Any player's discard
Concealed kong
Allowed
Add-on kong
Allowed · upgrade an exposed pung to a kong
Scoring model
Classic
Section 06 · Try it
Play a Taiwan solo game.
A live demo against AI seated as East / South / West / North,
playing Taiwan (16-tile) rules.
Section 07 · Other regions
Switch tables.
Same engine, different defaults. Open a sister rule sheet: