

杠gāng: Gang, four identical tiles, quadruplet AAAA 碰pèng: Peng, three identical tiles, triplet AAA

幺yāo: number 1 and 9, winds, and yuan cards 庄家zhuāngjiā: the host, double win and double lose The most popular variants played in China are Classical Chinese Mahjong, the Shanghai Mahjong, Sichuan Mahjong, and Guangdong Mahjong. There are over 20 variations of Mahjong, not only played in China but some variants have formed in other countries. It's based on a set of metaphysics, algorithms, and luck all in one.

Mahjong game tactics is similar to solitaire and chess. Originated in ancient China, Mahjong, also spelled as Majiang in Pinyin, is a tile game that is just fun and high stakes as playing a game of Texas poker.
