Mahjiku › Questions › "Our table counts differently": why Hong Kong mahjong scores vary
For the table game: four players, real tiles, Hong Kong style — not the solitaire puzzle.
Because Hong Kong mahjong has no single price list. The rules fix what a hand is; each table fixes what it is worth. Mahjiku's default sheet and the classic Hong Kong sheet the app also ships disagree on 36 hand values — a full flush is 13 on one and 7 on the other. Both are real sheets. So "our table counts differently" is usually true, and the fix is to agree the sheet, not to argue the hand.
| Hand or bonus | 中文 | Default sheet | Hong Kong sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thirteen Orphans | 十三么 | 27 | 10 |
| Heavenly Hand | 天和 | 27 | 10 |
| Earthly Hand | 地和 | 27 | 10 |
| Nine Gates | 九蓮寶燈 | 22 | 10 |
| All Honours | 字一色 | 20 | 10 |
| Four Kongs | 四槓 | 20 | 10 |
| All Green | 綠一色 | 20 | 10 |
| Four Concealed Pungs | 四暗刻 | 18 | 10 |
| Big Three Dragons | 大三元 | 18 | 8 |
| Big Four Winds | 大四喜 | 18 | 10 |
| All Terminals | 清么九 | 16 | 10 |
| Human Hand | 人和 | 16 | 10 |
| All Eight Flowers | 八仙過海 | 15 | 10 |
| Pure Outside | 純全帶幺 | 13 | Off |
| Full Flush | 清一色 | 13 | 7 |
| Pure Straight | 清龍 | 10 | Off |
| Small Dragons | 小三元 | 10 | 5 |
| Small Winds | 小四喜 | 10 | 6 |
| Mixed Outside | 混全帶幺 | 7 | Off |
| Seven Pairs | 七對 | 7 | 3 |
| Mixed Triple Chow | 三色同順 | 6 | Off |
| Half Flush | 混一色 | 6 | 3 |
| All Triplets | 對對糊 | 6 | 3 |
| Pure Double Chow | 一般高 | 5 | Off |
| Mixed Straight | 花龍 | 4 | Off |
| Double Kong Win | 雙槓 | 3 | 6 |
| Concealed Hand | 門前清 | 2 | 1 |
| Ping Hu | 平和 | 2 | 1 |
| All Types | 五門齊 | 2 | Off |
| Base | 底 | 1 | Off |
| All Simple | 斷幺九 | 1 | Off |
| Kong | 槓 | 1 | Off |
| Flowers | 花 | 1 | 0 |
| Self-draw | 自摸 | 0 | 1 |
| Seat Flower | 正花 | 0 | 1 |
| No Flowers | 無花 | 0 | 1 |
"Hong Kong sheets" is the one price list Mahjiku's four Hong Kong presets share (Half Spicy 半辣上, Full Spicy 辣辣上, Chicken Hand 雞糊, Faan Only). "Off" means that sheet does not score the line at all.
On the default sheet:
| Line the engine found | 中文 | Faan |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon Pung | 箭刻 | 1 |
| All Triplets | 對對糊 | 6 |
| Base | 底 | 1 |
| Total | 8 |
On the Hong Kong sheets:
| Line the engine found | 中文 | Faan |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon Pung | 箭刻 | 1 |
| All Triplets | 對對糊 | 3 |
| No Flowers | 無花 | 1 |
| Total | 5 |
Nobody miscounted. The default sheet starts every win at a base point and values all triplets highly; the classic sheet counts no base and pays for holding no flowers. Every one of those is a choice some table made.
Agree the sheet before the first hand — the checklist — and keep score with something that uses your numbers. Mahjiku records any sheet: start from a built-in one and change any value, switch any hand off, or build your table's own from scratch.
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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