17 rule sets, from Hong Kong parlours and Japanese professional leagues to Sichuan teahouses,
Singaporean animal tiles and the American card — how many play, how many tiles, how big the hand, and how it scores.
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Hong Kong & Southern Chinese
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Hong Kong & Southern Chinese
Guangdong Push-Down (Tui Dao Hu)
Guangdong, mainland China
A popular, simple southern style in which any complete hand wins — 'push down' your tiles — with straightforward payments and many local bonus rules.
Players
4
Tiles
136 or 144
Hand
13 (14 to win)
Scoring
Simple fixed payments
Signature
Win with any complete hand
Hong Kong & Southern Chinese
Hong Kong / Cantonese
Hong Kong, Guangdong and the Cantonese diaspora
The most widely played Chinese style outside the mainland: four sets and a pair, chows from the left, faan scoring and a table limit.
Hong Kong & Southern Chinese