Eight Flowers (八仙過海)
八仙過海 — holding all eight flower tiles scores 8 tai and under most rules completes the hand immediately as a self-draw.
How Eight Flowers (八仙過海) works
Holding all eight flower tiles — the four seasons and the four plants — scores 8 tai (八仙過海).
Eight Flowers is the top of the flower ladder. Under common Taiwanese rules, the moment a player collects the eighth flower the hand is complete on the spot and treated as a self-drawn win worth 8 tai. As a single pattern it supersedes the flower series and seat-flower tai beneath it — the eight tiles score once, not 8 plus the series bonuses.
- •Most tables treat collecting the eighth flower as an immediate win counted like a self-draw; this calculator scores the 8 tai and leaves the instant-win timing to the table.
- •A related rule, 七搶一, lets a player holding seven flowers rob the eighth from an opponent — also 8 tai where played.
- •Flower values are the most house-ruled part of Taiwanese scoring, so confirm the exact treatment at your table.
Eight Flowers (八仙過海) — FAQ
Is Eight Flowers an instant win?
Commonly yes — collecting the eighth flower ends the hand immediately as a self-drawn 8-tai win, without needing the normal 5-melds-plus-pair structure. Confirm your table's timing rule.
Do the two series bonuses stack on top of the 8 tai?
No. Eight Flowers is scored as one 8-tai pattern that replaces the series and seat-flower tai it contains.