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Casual Chinese Mahjong is a home for the tile game: tutorial videos, free rules PDFs for regional styles, and a bot-opponent table you can sit down at right in your browser. No app, no download, no other players required.

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14 regional rulesets · Free PDFs, no email gate · No account to watch or read

Five mahjong tiles arranged in a cross: the four winds around the red dragon

How it works

1

Watch a video

Short, friendly walkthroughs of tiles, melds, and how a winning hand comes together.

2

Grab the rules

Free printable PDFs for the regional styles we cover — keep one open at the table.

3

Sit at the table

Create a free account and play a casual game of Basic Mahjong 屁胡 or any regional style against three bots.

From the channel

Tutorial · 6 min
Tutorial

Intro to Casual Chinese Mahjong

What this channel is and you get from it to start your Chinese Mahjong playing.

Tile Basics · 9 min
Tile Basics

Tiles

Dots, bamboo, characters and honors — every tile on the table, explained.

Gameplay · 14 min
Gameplay

How to Play

Turn order, calling melds, and what it takes to go out — one full hand, start to finish.

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Free Style Ruleset PDFs

Every ruleset we cover, downloadable and printable for reference when you play here or with your friends and family.

Basic Mahjong 屁胡Harbin 哈尔滨麻将Guangdong 推倒胡 — Fixed GhostGuangdong 推倒胡 — Flip GhostWanzhou 万州麻将Jilin 吉林麻将Hong Kong 港式麻將Taiwan Traditional 十六張麻將Beijing 北京麻将Fuzhou 福州麻将Hefei 合肥麻将Baotou 包头麻将Lanzhou 兰州麻将Shandong 山东麻将 (Jinan)Shandong 山东麻将 (Weihai)Shanghai 上海敲麻 — KnockingSichuan
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