page_title: Mahjong tiles
section_title: Animal tiles
hierarchical_section_title: Mahjong tiles / Contents / Flower tiles / Animal tiles
caption_attribution_description: English: Miscellaneous animal tiles used in South East Asia. Some are more common than others.
context_page_description: Mahjong tiles are tiles of Chinese origin that are used to play mahjong as well as mahjong solitaire and other games. Although they are most commonly tiles, they may refer to playing cards with similar contents as well.
context_section_description: Animal tiles (Chinese: 動物牌/动物牌; pinyin: dòngwùpái; Cantonese Jyutping: dung⁶mat⁶paai²) are unnumbered flowers that automatically match the player's seat. These tiles are found in pairs with their subjects usually based on popular Chinese fables. Immediate payment occurs if both tiles in a pair or all the animals are collected. Singaporean sets contain two pairs of animal tiles while Thai and four-player Malaysian sets have four pairs. Some examples of tile pairs include:
  Cat (Chinese: 貓/猫; pinyin: māo; Cantonese Jyutping: maau¹) & Mouse (Chinese: 老鼠; pinyin: láoshŭ; Cantonese Jyutping: lou⁵syu²)
  Rooster (Chinese: 公雞/公鸡; pinyin: gōngjī; Cantonese Jyutping: gung¹gai¹) & Centipede (Chinese: 蜈蚣; pinyin: wúgōng; Cantonese Jyutping: ng⁴gung¹)
  Caishen (the god of wealth in Chinese folk religion and Taoism) & Sycee (an ancient, custom-made gold or silver ingot)
  Jiang Ziya (an 11th century BC military strategist who, according to legend, fished without bait, believing the fish would come on their own) & Fish
  Liu Haichan (a legendary Taoist immortal) & Jin Chan (a mythical three-legged toad that attracts wealth)
  Dragon & Flaming pearl (a legendary treasure said to grant wishes)
  Three-player Malaysian sets have two pairs of animals accompanied with a quartet of identical animal tiles decorated with a face, usually that of a clown. These are known as heads (人头), faces (人臉), clowns (小丑) or snowmen (雪人).  Sometimes, these four heads will be replaced with two pairs of male heads (male clowns, male faces) and female heads (female clowns, female faces).
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caption: Various animal tiles
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