Meaning of Mangan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise.
   Japanese
2. A surname from Irish.
3. A district of Sikkim, India.

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Examples

“Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1.”

“Outside tournaments the chombo penalty is a reverse mangan payment: 4,000 to East, 2,000 to other players.”

“In mahjong last night I had a six-han hand! I got a mangan.”

“By the time they'd reached the twelfth round, Kobayashi had won the first hand by drawing his winning tile. "Tsumo! Riizumo, pinfu, dora 2—Mangan. 2000, 4000!" Incredibly, Kobayashi had won a full 8000 points on his first hand.”

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