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Taiwanese mahjong · tai pattern

七搶一

qī qiǎng yī · seven robs one

8台You hold seven flowers and take the eighth from another player: an instant win worth 8, paid by that player alone.
Example
一萬1二萬2三萬3四萬4五萬5六萬656792348北N北N
flowers1梅2蘭3菊4竹1春2夏3秋4冬

South holds seven flowers and takes West's 冬, East round, East deals.

Seven robs one 七搶一 8 tai

In one line8 tai by default. Other values: ZSY (宅神爺) 16, Mahjong Masters not played, Willoughby (1998) 14, CML (tournament) not played.

Conditions

  • You show seven flowers and another player lays out the eighth.
  • The same applies when your seventh arrives while another player already shows the eighth.
  • The player robbed pays alone.

Each source's value

8 台Default · Gamesofa (神來也), MJOnline (戲谷), zh Wikibooks
16 台ZSY (宅神爺)
not playedMahjong Masters
14 台Willoughby (1998)
not playedCML (tournament)
–Not listed: IGS (明星3缺1)

With other lines

Replaces (not counted as well):

Replaced by: with these lines, 七搶一 is not counted:

The example, settled

Who pays what (base 100, 20 per tai)

  • Westbase 100 + 8 tai × 20−260
  • South collects+260

Dealer and streak tai are added only to payments the dealer is part of. Open this hand in the calculator →

Common questions

七搶一: how many tai, and more

How many tai is 七搶一 (seven robs one)?
8 tai by default. Other values: ZSY (宅神爺) 16, Mahjong Masters not played, Willoughby (1998) 14, CML (tournament) not played.
What does 七搶一 not stack with?
七搶一 replaces 八仙過海, 正花, 花槓, 見花見台. 配牌花胡 replaces it.
How do I check whether my hand scores 七搶一?
Tap the hand into the tai calculator and it lists every line. Open this page's example in the calculator.