Complex waits

These patterns involve waits which are infrequent and generally nameless combinations. They are all based on combinations of other basic wait patterns, often in many different ways. They consist of consecutive, or closely consecutive, numbered tiles. Recognition of these patterns can produce some significantly powerful waits, which may be immune to suji and have large numbers of waiting tiles. This list is not exhaustive and not every possible waiting pattern is included.

2 tile wait

Kanchan with tanki

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3 tile wait

Kanchan with nobetan

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Shanpon with tanki

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Nested shanpon

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Ryanmen with penchan

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Aryanmen with kanchan

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Ryanmen with nakabukure

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4 tile wait

Quadruple shanpon

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Double entotsu

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Ryanmen with shanpon

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This is different from the ryanmen with shanpon described by entotsu.

Ryanmen with nested shanpon

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Ryanmen with tanki and shanpon

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Sanmenchan with shanpon

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Sanmenchan with tanki

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Double ryanmen

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5 tile wait

Ryanmen with shanpon and nobetan

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Ryanmenten with nobetan

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Ryanmen with shanpon and kanchan

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More than 5 tiles wait

6 tiles

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Ryanmenten + Sanmentan
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7 tiles

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This pattern is notable because it has 23 winning tiles, like the chuuren poutou kyuumen machi, but unlike most other hands waiting on 23 tiles, it cannot completed by a hypothetical fifth copy of any tile (a 3m or a 7m would not complete this hand).

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This pattern waits on 23 tiles.

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8 tiles

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This pattern waits on 23 tiles.

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This pattern waits on 23 tiles.

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This pattern waits on 22 tiles.

External links

ReachMahjong wait guide