also: リンシャンカイホー
winning on a replacement tile after a kong
A mahjong yaku: winning by drawing a tile from the dead wall after declaring a kong. Often worth 1 han.
from Chinese lǐng shàng kāi huā
See also: 嶺上牌
I turned the game around with a win on a replacement tile after a kong.
After declaring a kong, I drew a tile from the dead wall, and it was the winning tile, so I got a rinshan kaihou.
Refers to the replacement tile itself drawn from the dead wall after a kong, while 嶺上開花 is the act of winning with that tile.
Standard kanji form for this mahjong term.
Alternate reading with long vowel at the end, also used.
From Chinese 嶺上開花 (lǐng shàng kāi huā), literally 'blooming on the ridge', referring to drawing a winning tile from the dead wall after a kong.