Some words in Mahjong (examples in parentheses)

坎 kǎn (444) vs. sequence (345) 杠 gāng (5555)

吃 chī (345, from player on left) 碰 pèng (444, from any other player)
将 jiāng (a pair) 幺 yao (1) or 9 清 qīng vs.混 hùn 胡 hú (game over)

一番 — One Point
门清 Mén qīng — All in hand, no outside pèng or chī.
258 将 Jiāng — Final pair is 2, 5 or 8.
四归一 Sì guī yī — One pèng and the 4th tile in a sequence (333, 345).
绝张 Jué zhāng — Win with the last available tile you need (three other same tiles already on
table, either casted or in sequence).
尾巴 Wěi bā —Three continuous numbers, 2 in pèng and the third in the pair (333, 444, 55).
平胡 Píng hú — Win the hand with no 3 of a kinds, only sequences and a pair.
杠上开花 Gāng shàng kāihuā — Hú by drawing a needed tile after gāng.
抢杠 Qiǎng gāng — Hú by grabbing another player’s gāng tile.
海底捞月 Hǎidǐ lāo yuè — Hú on the very last tile.
两暗坎 Liǎng àn kǎn — Two pèng in hand.
两杠 Liǎng gāng — Two gāng.
老少 Lǎoshào — 123 and 789 from the same suit.
断幺 Duàn yāo — No 1, 9 or any characters
半求人 Bàn qiúrén — Drawing the winning tile after getting all other sets by chī or pèng.
缺一门 Quē yī mén — Only two of the number-suits and no characters.
坐风或圈风碰 Zuò fēng huò quān fēng pèng A wind- pèng matches with one’s seat wind
or the round.
一般高 Yībān gāo — Two identical sequences (123, 123) of same suit.
中发白 Zhōng fā bái — Red 中, green 發, or white 口.
老少碰 Lǎoshào pèng — 111 and 999 in same suit.
不求人 Bù qiúrén — Drawing the last tile after having all sets in hand.
混四碰 Hùn sì pèng — Four pèng including characters from other players.

兩番 — two points
混带幺 Hùn dài yāo — All sets containing 1 or 9, along with character(s) present.

三番 — three points
一条龙 Yītiáo lóng — Complete sequence from 1 to 9 in one suit.
三相逢 Sān xiàng féng — Same sequence in 3 different suits (123, 123, 123)
三暗坎 Sān àn kǎn — 3 kǎn in hand.
清带幺 Qīng dài yāo — All sets contain 1 or 9, but no characters.
风尾巴 Fēng wěi bā — Two wind-kǎn and a third wind in pair (EEE, SSS, WW)
五门齐 Wǔ mén qí — A set, including jiāng, from each of the five suits.
四归二 Sì guī èr — All four of a numbered tile split into two sets plus jiāng (123, 234, 22).
双绝张 Shuāng jué zhāng —The winning tile is the only one left from 8 possible ones while the
other 7 are already on the table, casted or in sequence.
混一色 Hùn yīsè — Only one number suit along with characters.
对对胡 Duìduì hú — All pèng.
全求人 Quán qiúrén — All sets, including jiāng, outside (pèng or chis).
清四碰 Qīng sì pèng — All pèng from other players, without characters.

五番 — five points
三般高 Sān bān gāo — 3 identical sequences of the same suit (123, 123, 123).
三连碰 Sān lián pèng — 3 pèng with numbers in sequence (333, 444, 555).
三相碰 Sān xiàng pèng — 3 pèng having the same number (333, 333, 333)
双老少（双飘）Shuāng lǎoshào (shuāng piāo)— Double 老少 Lǎoshào from 2 suits
(123, 789; 123, 789).
三风碰 Sān fēng pèng — 3 wind- pèng (EEE,SSS,WWW).
双四归一 Shuāng sì guī yī — Double 四归一 Sì guī yī (333, 345; 666, 567).
连三数 Lián sān shù — All sets are made with 3 consecutive numbers (123, 123, 111, 222, 33).
三数碰 Sān shù pèng — All pèng with just 3 numbers (111, 333, 555, 333, 55).
小七对 Xiǎo qī duì — 7 pairs.
小三元 Xiǎo sān yuán — 2 pèng and one gāng of 中, 發, and 口.
地胡 De hú — Hú on the first discarded tile.
全带五数 Quán dài wǔ shù — All sets and jiāng, having 5 numbers, with one number in
common (123,234,345,234,33).

十番 — ten points
双龙抱珠 Shuānglóng bào zhū — Double 一般高 Yībān gāo (123,123,456,456).
清一色 Qīngyīsè — All same suit.
小四喜 Xiǎo sì xǐ — 3 wind- pèng and the last wind as jiāng (EEE,SSS,WWW,NN).
天胡 Tiān hú — Hú right at the beginning, which occurs only for dealer with 14 cards in hand.
大三元 Dà sān yuán — Red/green/white (中/發/口) pèng.
四归四 Sì guī sì — One number shows up in all 4 sets (123,345,123,345).
四暗坎 Sì àn kǎn — 4 pèng in hand.
全带四数 Quán dài sì shù — All sets and jiāng, having 4 numbers, with one number in
common (123,234,123,234,22).
幺幺碰 Yāoyāo pèng —“one, one, bumps” — all sets are three of a kinds of 1, 9 or characters
(wind or red/green/white)

十五番 — fifteen points

全带三数 Quán dài sān shù — All sets and jiāng, having only 3 numbers, with one number in
common (123,222,222,123,22).

二十番 — twenty points

将将碰 Jiāngjiāng pèng — All pèng of 2, 5 or 8 (222,222,555,888,88).
四连碰 Sì lián pèng — 4 pèng in consecutive numbers from a same suit (111,222,333,444).
两数碰 Liǎng shù pèng — All pèng from just two numbers (111,222,111,222,22)

三十番 — thirty points

清幺两数碰 Qīng yāo liǎng shù pèng — All pèng of 1 or 9 (111,999,111,999,11).
全字两数碰 Quán zì liǎng shù pèng — All pèng of characters.
四般高 Sì bān gāo — 4 identical sequences of the same suit (123,123,123,123).
十三幺 Shísān yāo — 13 single tiles of all 1, 9, and characters.
大四喜 Dà sì xǐ — 4 pèng of all wind tiles (EEE,SSS,WWW,NNN)

清抬子 — Clean the Table (Take all points from other players)
四杠（十八罗汉）Sì gāng (shíbā luóhàn)— 18 cards with 4 gāng (last 2-cards not needed in
pair). 罗汉 luóhàn are Buddha.