Faan: what pays
Common hand, all pungs, flushes and the dragon hands.
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In Hong Kong you normally need at least three faan to declare a win. Every pattern in your hand adds faan.
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Common hand — ping wu — is four chows and a plain pair. One faan, and the easiest to aim for.
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All pungs — dui dui wu — is four pungs and a pair. Three faan on its own, so it wins by itself.
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Mixed one suit — one suit plus honours — is three faan. Drop the honours and it becomes all one suit: seven faan.
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Any pung of dragons is one faan. Three dragon pungs is great three dragons — eight faan and a very big hand.
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Winning on your own draw adds a faan, and so does each of your own seat flowers. Faan is capped at laak — ten faan.
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- Minimum to win
- 3 faan in most Hong Kong games.
- Common hand
- 4 chows + plain pair — 1 faan.
- All pungs
- 4 pungs + pair — 3 faan.
- Mixed one suit
- One suit + honours — 3 faan.
- All one suit
- One suit, no honours — 7 faan.
- Dragon pung
- 1 faan each; all three — 8 faan.
- Bonuses
- Self draw +1, own flower +1. Cap: 10.