Chinese Official Mahjong · 1 pt
Pung of Terminals or Honors in Chinese Official Mahjong (MCR): Points and Rules
In Chinese Official Mahjong, Pung of Terminals or Honors (幺九刻) is worth 1 point per pung: a pung (or kong) of 1s or 9s, or of winds and dragons — each one counts. But a pung that already scores Dragon Pung, Prevalent Wind or Seat Wind doesn't score this again.
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The rules for Pung of Terminals or Honors
- A pung or kong of 1 or 9 in characters, dots or bamboo
- A wind pung that is neither the prevalent (round) wind nor your seat wind
- Each pung counts: two of them are 2 points
- Claimed pungs, kongs and concealed pungs all count
Which pungs don't count it
- Dragon pungs (Red, Green, White) already score Dragon Pung, 2 points
- Prevalent or seat wind pungs score Prevalent Wind / Seat Wind, 2 points each
- Wind pungs used by Big Three Winds, Little Four Winds, Big Four Winds
- Whole-hand fan that drop it entirely: All Terminals, All Terminals and Honors, All Honors, Little Four Winds, Big Four Winds, Nine Gates
Scoring Pung of Terminals or Honors
Won on a discard · East round · Seat wind: East
| Half Flush | 6 |
| Dragon Pung | 2 |
| Prevalent Wind | 2 |
| Seat Wind | 2 |
| Two Concealed Pungs | 2 |
| Pung of Terminals or Honors | 1 |
| Single Wait | 1 |
| Total | 16 pt |
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Reaches the 8-point minimum — a legal win.
Won on a discard
| All Pungs | 6 |
| Pung of Terminals or Honors ×2 | 2 |
| No Honors | 1 |
| Single Wait | 1 |
| Total | 10 pt |
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Reaches the 8-point minimum — a legal win.
Pung of Terminals or Honors and the 8-point minimum
It's the classic top-up for All Pungs: All Pungs is only 6 points, and two terminal pungs bring it to 8. With honor pungs, check whether the wind is a scoring one first — your seat or round wind is worth 2 points, an off-wind only 1, so keeping an off-wind pair to pung is a weak plan.
In 4,000 simulated hands between the site's computer players, Pung of Terminals or Honors appeared in 7.5% of winning hands, averaging 14.2 points. Play MCR online — the result screen lists what every pung scores.
FAQ
How many points is Pung of Terminals or Honors?
1 point for each such pung in Chinese Official Mahjong.
Does a dragon pung count as Pung of Terminals or Honors?
No. A dragon pung scores Dragon Pung (2 points) and, by the non-repeat rule, not this fan as well.
When does a wind pung count?
Only when it's neither the prevalent wind nor your seat wind. Prevalent Wind and Seat Wind are 2 points each and replace it.
Related fan
Dragon Pung 2 pt
Each pung of Red, Green or White is 2 points (no extra terminal-pung point); two become Two Dragon Pungs, three Big Three Dragons.
Prevalent Wind 2 pt
A pung of the round wind for 2 points (no terminal-pung point); if it is also your seat wind, add Seat Wind too. Other winds only give 1 point.
Outside Hand 4 pt
Every set and the pair holds a 1, 9 or honor, for 4 points — half of the 8-point minimum, topped up with Concealed Hand, Two Terminal Chows and honor pungs.
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