How to play Taiwanese Mahjong

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You have to know the number 1~9 in Chinese.
一 [ yi ] means 1
二 [ er ] 2
三 [ san ] 3
四 [ si ] 4
五 [ wu ] 5
六 [ liu ]6
七 [ qi ] 7
八 [ ba ] 8
九 [ jiu ] 9

There are 3 suits, each has tiles numbered from 1 to 9：
萬 [ wan ] ten thousand


餅 [ bing ] cookie/ barrel/ circle


索 [ suo ] strip/ bamboo

(4 tiles of each unmber.)


風牌 [ feng pai ] wind tiles：
東風 [ dong feng ] east wind

南風 [ nan feng ] south wind

西風 [ xi feng ] west wind

北風 [ bei feng ] north wind

(the suit of 4 winds, 4 of each wind.)


紅中 [ hong zhong ] red center

發財 [ fa cai ] getting rich

白板 [ bai ban ] white board

(the suit of zhong fa bai, 4 of each.)

花 [ hua ] 4 flowers and 4 seasons

(only 1 of each.)

The complete Mahjong tile set consists of 144 tiles of which 136 are regular playing tiles and 8 are bonus tiles (Flowers and Seasons). The bonus tiles are optional.


Rules：

1.roll dice, for dealer and starting point.

2.shuffle tiles, arrange in a square set of 4 double rows of 17 tiles each. select tiles 4 at a time until each person has 16. the dealer gets one more, the extra being his/her first for play or discard(face up).

3.discarded tiles may only be picked up at time of discard.

4.build suits(1-2-3, 5-6-7, etc) or 3 of a kind(not 4).

5.if you draw a 4th of a kind by yourself, you get a 槓 [ gang ] and have a free draw from the tile end.

6.remembering you can't go out unless you also have one additional set of 2-of-a-kind.(called a 麻將 [ majiang ] or eyes)

7.if your pre-player discards a tile you need to make a suit, you may 吃 [ ji ] (eat) that piece.(show the suit)

8.if any player discards a tile you need to make 3-of-a-kind, you may 碰 [ peng ] (bump into) that piece.(show the run)

9.碰 [ peng ] takes precedence over 吃 [ ji ].

10.you are 聽 [ ting ] if you need one piece to win, and you get it however it appears.

11.you are 胡 [ hu ] when you win.(all suits, runs and 1 麻將 [ majiang ] ),
(scoring and paying off rules vary)(to be announced)


Playing Taiwanese Mahjong and learning Chinese：

牌 [ pai ] : tiles

槓 [ gang ] :4 of a kind.(get a free draw from back of tile)

吃 [ ji ] eat :take from your pre-player only to make a suit of 3.(must show)

碰 [ peng ] bump into:take from anyone's discard to make 3 of a kind.(must show)

放炮 [ fang pao ] : winning by getting your piece from an opponent.

自摸 [ zi mo ] :winning by drawing your own winning tile.

聽 [ ting ] :one move away from winning.

胡 [ hu ] : I won!