Taiwanese Scoring
How It Works
Uses Tai (台) as the scoring unit. Notable for its 16-tile hand (most variants use 13).
Key Tai Values
| Hand Element | Tai | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-draw | 1 | Win by tsumo |
| Concealed hand | 1 | No open melds |
| All sequences | 1 | No triplets |
| Seat wind triplet | 1 | Triplet of your seat wind |
| Dragon triplet | 1 | Triplet of a dragon |
| All triplets | 4 | No sequences |
| Half flush | 4 | One suit + honors |
| Full flush | 8 | One suit only |
| All honors | 10 | Only winds and dragons |
| Small three dragons | 4 | Two dragon triplets + dragon pair |
| Big three dragons | 8 | All three dragon triplets |
| All terminals | 10 | Only 1s and 9s |
| Thirteen orphans | 16 | One of each terminal/honor + duplicate |
| Heavenly hand | 16 | Dealer wins on initial deal |
Flowers
Flowers play a bigger role in Taiwanese mahjong:
- Drawing your own flower: 1 tai
- Replacement flower (drawing another flower after a flower): bonus
- All 4 flowers of your set: 2 tai
- All 8 flowers: major bonus or instant win