Rules and more rules:
規則：
1. To win at mahjong, you have to put a total of 17 tiles into five groups, each of which can have three or four tiles. Each group must form a certain order, and the two extra tiles that are not a part of any group must be identical.
1. 打麻將要贏，手上的十七張牌要形成五組三或四張的牌組，外加上兩張一模一樣的牌，又稱將牌。
2. What order? There are three kinds: "peng4"(碰), "chi1"(吃) and "gang4"(槓) .
2. 需要什麼樣的牌組？碰、吃、槓。
Peng: Three identical tiles of any suit, as in picture A.
碰，就是三張一模一樣的牌，如圖A 示：
Chi: Three sequential numbers of the same suit, as in picture B.
吃，就是三張連續數字，如圖B 示：
Gang: Four identical tiles of any suit, as in picture C.
槓，就是四張一模一樣的牌，如圖C 示：
Note: Normally, when you form a peng or chi, you put all three tiles out in front of your wall so others can see how close you are to winning. But when you form an "An4 gang4"(暗槓), you cover all four tiles so other players know you've got all four tiles of one particular pattern, but don't know which ones. This is a strategy to hinder your opponent, who might be waiting for your gang tiles to win.
註：通常如果有碰或吃，三張牌都拿出來牆外放，可是如果你暗槓，要將四張牌都蓋起來，如此能夠嚇唬在等牌胡的對手。
3. You win by forming a hand of five either peng, chi or gang plus two other identical tiles. Picture D shows examples of winning hands:
3. 所謂贏牌就是手上要有五組以碰、吃或槓單一或交錯組成的牌，加上將牌，如圖D 所示。
Starting the game:
遊戲開始：
After players have finished replacing their bonus tiles, each should have 16 regular tiles.
各家補完牌後，每個人手上應該都有十六張牌。
1. East (the dealer) begins drawing tiles from the part of the wall where players left off while selecting their original 16 tiles, not from the part of the wall where they left off while replacing their bonus tiles. East draws one tile from the wall and discards the one of his 16 tiles that helps him the least and puts it in the center of the table. For example: In pictureE, the zhong(中)tile would be discarded. East should get rid of the "red dragon"(紅中)because it is so different from the others, which makes it hard to match it with others.
For example:
1. 這時東風要從各家結束取牌的地方開始抓牌，而不是從槓尾取。 東風從牆頭取一張牌，並且從自己的牆丟出一張不需要的牌到牌池。如圖E 所示，這時應該拋棄紅中：東風最好丟棄紅中，因為它跟其他牌不相容，難成氣候。
2. The game moves in a counterclockwise direction. North continues play by taking the next tile from the wall as East did, or, if he finds that the tile that East just ditched could help him form a chi, he could take that one and combine it with two of his own tiles to form a chi, put it out in front of the wall, and ditch one of his own tiles that he finds useless. You can't take the previous player's tile unless it is the last tile you need to form a chi. Players can only form a chi with the discarded tile of the player directly before them. For example, West could not use East's tile to form a chi. However, if you see someone ditch a tile that you need to form a peng or gang, you may claim the tile no matter whom it was discarded by. Forming a peng or gang takes priority over forming a chi. Even if a player wants to form a chi with the discarded tile of the player immediately before him, the other two players may steal the tile if it helps them form a peng or a gang. In addition, players may steal a discarded tile if it is the last tile they need to win. Winning the game takes precedence over forming either a peng, gang or chi.
2. 輪到北風，北風可以跟東風作一樣接著從牆排拿牌，或者，如果他想吃東風丟出來的牌，他要把想吃的牌，連同他自己原來的兩張牌都放到牆外，然後丟一張自己的牌出來。如果不是差一張就能吃，不能拿上家的牌，而且只有你能吃你上家的牌，其他人不行，比方說西風就一定不能吃東風的牌，除非他差一張牌就胡牌。但是如果你看到牌可以碰或槓，就算那張牌不是你上家丟出來的也能拿，而且碰和槓比吃大，就算那個人的下家要吃也得讓你，當然，除非他要胡了，要胡的人比吃、碰槓還要大。
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