A source-linked Mahjong learning library maintained by INEAN PLAY for new players, teachers, clubs, and software agents. It covers major named systems and labels regional variation explicitly; no finite guide can represent every household rule.
| Rules/community | English baseline | Regional-language guide |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Mahjong foundation | English | 简体中文 |
| Japanese riichi | English, WRC 2025 | 日本語 |
| Vietnamese Mahjong | English | Tiếng Việt |
| Korean Mahjong | English | 한국어 |
| Malaysian four-player | English | Bahasa Melayu |
| Filipino Mahjong | English | Filipino |
| Thailand orientation | English | ภาษาไทย |
| Indonesia orientation | English | Bahasa Indonesia |
Terms that do not translate safely retain the original spelling, a local
pronunciation or transliteration, and a short functional definition. Terms with
similar spelling, such as Hong Kong fan and Japanese han, are never treated
as interchangeable scoring units.
- Mahjong Fundamentals: Complete Play Guide - Tile inventory, hand formulas, turn flow, claim priority, legality tests, scoring layers, and a worked hand.
- Chinese Classical Mahjong: Beginner Rules - A traditional four-player foundation for learning melds, honors, flowers, and hand scoring.
- Mahjong Competition Rules (MCR) Beginner Guide - An introduction to the international Chinese competition system and its eight-point minimum.
- Hong Kong Old Style Mahjong: Beginner Rules - A fast four-player style built around fan, Flowers, honors, and straightforward hand patterns.
- Japanese Riichi Mahjong: WRC 2025 Beginner Guide - Learn yaku, riichi, furiten, dora, calls, and the 2025 World Riichi Championship baseline.
- Japanese Three-Player Mahjong (Sanma) Beginner Guide - A three-player riichi variant with a reduced tile set and important rule differences.
- American Mah Jongg 2026: Beginner Guide - Learn the stable American Mah Jongg procedure while using the official 2026 card for current hands and values.
- Taiwanese 16-Tile Mahjong: Beginner Rules - Learn the five-sets-and-a-pair structure used in Taiwanese 16-tile Mahjong.
- Singapore Mahjong: Beginner Rules - A four-player style often using Flowers, Seasons, Animals, and local limit-hand rules.
- Malaysian Three-Player Mahjong: Beginner Guide - An introduction to fast Malaysian three-player tables with reduced tiles and local bonus rules.
- Sichuan Bloody Rules Mahjong: Beginner Guide - Learn the missing-suit declaration, suit exchange, and continue-after-win format.
- Vietnamese Mahjong: Beginner Guide - A Mahjong family often using extra special tiles beyond the standard 144-tile set.
- Zung Jung Mahjong: Beginner Guide - A modern scoring system designed to value strategic hand patterns with fewer arbitrary overlaps.
- Filipino Mahjong: Beginner Guide - An introduction to Filipino Mahjong tables, which often use 16-tile hands and local bonus payments.
- Korean Mahjong: Beginner Guide - A concise orientation to Korean Mahjong and its regional differences from Chinese and Japanese rules.
- Chinese Regional Mahjong: Comparison and Table-Rule Checklist - Compare major regional rule families without treating one app, club, or household as the authority for a province.
- Guangdong Ji Ping Hu Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - Learn the common shape of Guangdong Ji Ping Hu and the options that must be agreed before play.
- Beijing Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - A practical guide to identifying the Beijing rules in use before learning its local scoring vocabulary.
- Shanghai Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - Understand the shared Mahjong core and the local Flower, pattern, and settlement questions for Shanghai tables.
- Wuhan Hongzhong Laizi Gang Mahjong: Beginner Guide - Learn the wild-tile concept, red-dragon mechanism, and the restrictions that must be checked at a Wuhan table.
- Changsha Mahjong: Beginner Guide - Learn the 108-tile base, opening-pattern checks, and bird-draw settlement commonly associated with Changsha Mahjong.
- Nanchang Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - A cautious introduction to Nanchang-style wild tiles, local bonuses, and pre-game decisions.
- Nanjing Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - Identify Nanjing table options involving Flowers, special tiles, winning requirements, and settlement.
- Hangzhou Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - Learn how to approach Hangzhou Mahjong without confusing a city label with one fixed ruleset.
- Fujian Jin Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - Understand the local Jin or gold-tile idea and why its selection and use must be confirmed for each table.
- Hainan Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - A table-first guide to Hainan Mahjong equipment, local bonuses, and settlement choices.
- Northeast Push-Down Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - Learn the fast, simplified character of Push-Down Mahjong and the exact options a host must specify.
- Southeast Asian Mahjong: Regional Overview - Compare documented Singaporean, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Filipino, and imported community rules across Southeast Asia.
- Malaysian Four-Player Mahjong: Beginner Orientation - Distinguish Malaysian four-player play from the better-known local three-player family.
- Singapore and Malaysia Mahjong Animal Tiles Guide - Identify Cat, Rat, Rooster, Centipede, and other local bonus tiles without assuming universal scoring.
- Mahjong in Thailand: Community Rules Orientation - Identify whether a Thai table uses Chinese-community, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Japanese, or another imported ruleset.
- Mahjong in Indonesia: Community Rules Orientation - A practical checklist for identifying the Chinese-Indonesian or imported Mahjong system at a local table.
- Mahjong in Brunei: Community Rules Orientation - Use equipment and table questions to identify the Malaysian, Singaporean, or Chinese-family rules in play.
- Mahjong in Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia: Local-Table Guide - A cautious guide for identifying local Chinese-community and imported Mahjong rules where documentation is limited.
American Mah Jongg is filed by card year and requires the matching official NMJL card. Japanese riichi states its tournament baseline. Regional pages distinguish documented common features from table-specific scoring.
- Machine-readable rules index
- Machine-readable language index
- Agent discovery file
- Factual agent interface
- Source register
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