Tianjin mahjong scoring — the fan table
Tianjin has its own mahjong dialect, and English-language references for it barely exist. This is the fan table and the scoring rules, as implemented in the Tianjin Mahjong Scorer app.
The fan table
| Term | Reading | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 混吊 | hùndiào | Win waiting on the pair while holding one hún (wild tile). |
| 素提溜 | sùtíliū | A clean win using no wild tiles at all — the plainest hand. |
| 杠开 | gàngkāi | Win on the replacement tile drawn after a kong. |
| 捉伍 | zhuōwǔ | Waiting on 5-wan with 4-wan and 6-wan (wan suit only). |
| 龙 | lóng | 123-456-789 in one suit — a pure straight, the “dragon”. |
| 本混龙 | běnhùnlóng | Your dragon's suit matches this round's wild-tile suit. |
How scoring works
- Hand fans multiply — only Zhuōwǔ + Lóng add up (3 + 4 = 7).
- Kongs score separately: exposed 1 fan, concealed 2 fan.
- Dealer and each chain double the total, up to ×8.
- Total = (hand + kong) × dealer multiplier. The winner collects from all three players.
- After each hand the deal rotates: the dealer keeps it after a win; if anyone else wins, the next seat deals.
One thing that catches people out: there is no ron (winning off a discard) in Tianjin mahjong. Every win is self-drawn, and the winner collects from all three of the other players.
Tianjin Mahjong Scorer
Score a real table
Scores Tianjin mahjong the way it is played in Tianjin: the fan table, kongs and the dealer rotation.