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How Hong Kong and Singaporean mahjong differ — the tile set, the hand, and above all how each one is scored.
| Hong Kong | Singaporean | |
|---|---|---|
| Also called | 廣東麻雀 / 香港麻雀 | Singapore Mahjong |
| Played in | Hong Kong, Guangdong | Singapore, Malaysia |
| Tiles | 144 | 148 |
| Flowers | 4 flowers + 4 seasons (8 bonus tiles) | 4 flowers + 4 seasons, plus 4 unique animal tiles (Cat, Rat, Rooster, Centipede) forming two predator-prey pairs |
| Jokers | none | none |
| Hand size | 13 | 13 |
| Scored in | faan (番) | fan/tai (doubling) |
| Scoring system | faan-counting | exponential doubling with a house-configurable minimum and limit |
| Learning curve | beginner | intermediate |
Hong Kong. Hong Kong (Cantonese) mahjong is the most widely played faan-scored variant: 144 tiles, four sets and a pair, hands counted in faan with house rules set per table.
Singaporean. Singaporean mahjong plays much like Hong Kong mahjong with a 148-tile set (144 plus four unique animal bonus tiles) and doubling-based scoring whose minimum and limit vary by house rule.
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