HKUST ECE MakerSpace presents
Hong Kong mahjong, from first wall to full faan
香港麻雀
The complete rules guide for the style played across Hong Kong — every tile, the deal, the claims, the waits, and the whole faan table with a calculator that shows exactly who pays whom.
The guide
Five short sections, one complete game
Read them in order and you will be able to sit down at any Hong Kong table and follow every call.
1. Setup
144 tiles, seats, walls, dice and flower replacement.
2. Play
Draws, discards, chow / pung / kong claims, rob-a-kong.
3. Winning
Hand structures, wait patterns and special hands.
4. Scoring
The complete faan table, dealer doubling, caps, worked examples.
5. Glossary
Chinese terms with jyutping and English glosses.
Points tracker
Tally a real game — enter each hand's faan and let the tracker split the payments.
Total beginner?
Start here
1 · Meet the tiles
Three suits, honours, flowers — what the 144 pieces are and which eight never even sit in your hand. Tile explorer.
2 · Watch a hand flow
Draw, discard, call chow/pung/kong — the step-by-step deal widget shows the whole opening. The opening.
3 · Score a win
Worked examples with full arithmetic, then try your own hand in the fan calculator. Calculator.