Big Four Winds (大四喜)
16 tai
Pungs of all four winds. The seat- and round-wind tai are not counted again on top.
Example winning hand
Winning tile: 5z
How Big Four Winds (大四喜) works
Pungs (or kongs) of all four winds — 大四喜, a 16-tai limit-class hand.
Big Four Winds requires complete triplets of East, South, West, and North, leaving one set and the pair free. At 16 tai it sits with All Honors among the largest standard patterns. The wind value is built in: seat- and round-wind pung tai are not added on top. With an honor pair and honor fifth set it can also be All Honors, which stacks under additive Taiwanese counting.
Good to know
- •All four winds must be full pungs or kongs; three pungs plus a wind pair is Little Four Winds instead.
- •Seat and round wind tai are absorbed rather than stacked.
- •The remaining set and pair may be anything — a suited chow keeps it merely Big Four Winds, honor sets can push it toward All Honors.
Big Four Winds (大四喜) — FAQ
Is Big Four Winds worth 16 tai everywhere?
16 tai is the standard 台數表 value. A few house rules treat it as an outright limit; confirm the table cap.
Can it stack with All Honors?
Yes — a hand of four wind pungs plus a dragon set and honor pair is both patterns, and Taiwanese counting adds them.
Other 16-tai patterns