Proto-mahjong › Chinese classical › Shanghai / Hong Kong new style › Mainland regionals › Shenzhen style
Shenzhen style
kongs only, poorly documented
Caveat from the source chart
Rests on a single informant report.
Cross-comparison
conflicting — sources disagree materially, or one source contradicts itself
| Source | Tiles | Hand | Flowers | Scoring | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | unknown | unknown whether 13 or 16 or another number | unknown | unknown | unknown |
- [1] winning hand, if Sloper recalls correctly, must be PUNGS only (no chows); from conversations with author Dragon Chang
- [1] CONTRADICTION WITHIN ONE SOURCE: the abbreviated overview on the same page reads 'Shenzhen Style (played with KONGS - no pungs or chows - details not available at present)', while the detailed section reads 'Winning hand (if I recall correctly) must be PUNGS only (no chows)'. The chart follows the kongs wording
Reading it
The source contradicts itself on the same page: the abbreviated list says the game is played with kongs and no pungs or chows, the detailed entry says the winning hand must be pungs only, hedged with 'if I recall correctly'. The chart follows the kongs wording without flagging the conflict. Tile count, hand size, flowers, scoring and payout are all recorded as unknown.
Sources
Sloper, Tom. "FAQ 2b: Identifying a Mah-Jongg Variant." Sloperama. canonical checked 2026-09-18
Tile counts, hand sizes, flower handling and scoring for roughly 50 named variants. Primary source for most leaf nodes in this chart.
https://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq02b.html
Also cited on: Chinese archaic, Chinese pre-classical, Chinese classical, Shanghai / Hong Kong new style, Hong Kong old style, Modern HKOS and 43 more · bibliography #1