Common Hong Kong mahjong table variants, side by side

For the table game: four players, real tiles, Hong Kong style — not the solitaire puzzle.

Hong Kong tables mostly differ on four things, not on the tiles: the minimum, the cap, the curve that turns faan into points, and who pays a discard. Those choices are the variants. Run one full-flush hand through 5 real sheets and the player who threw the winning tile pays anywhere from 8 to 512 points — same tiles, same win.

The hand: a full flush in dots, won by South.

Sheet	Counts	Off a discard: thrower pays	Self-drawn: winner collects
Mahjiku's default sheet	14	14	42
Half Spicy 半辣上	8	128	288
Full Spicy 辣辣上	8	512	1536
Faan Only	8	8	27
Chicken Hand 雞糊	8	128	576

The variants, in one line each

Mahjiku's default sheet — minimum 3, no cap, the count itself (no curve); thrower pays (出銃); each opponent pays once.
Half Spicy 半辣上 — minimum 3, cap 10, 半辣上 half spicy curve; thrower pays double (出銃加倍); each opponent pays once.
Full Spicy 辣辣上 — minimum 3, cap 10, 辣辣上 full spicy curve; thrower pays double (出銃加倍); each opponent pays once.
Faan Only — minimum 3, no cap, the count itself (no curve); thrower pays (出銃); each opponent pays once.
Chicken Hand 雞糊 — minimum 0, cap 10, 半辣上 half spicy curve; half shot (半銃): thrower double, the other two a share each; each opponent pays ×2 (自摸加倍).

The four Hong Kong sheets share one price list for the hands (the full flush counts the same on all four); they differ in the minimum, the cap and the payment. Mahjiku's default sheet prices hands differently again — here is why. None of these is the official game: there is no official game. Pick the one your table already plays, or the one closest, and change what differs.

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Last updated: 2026-10-08 · editorially reviewed 2026-10-08. Every number on this page is computed from Mahjiku's rule sheets when the page is built.

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