役やく牌はい

noun

value honor tile

In mahjong, a tile that gives a scoring bonus (han) when collected as a set. Round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles are also used. Contrast with 圏風牌 (round wind), 門風牌 (seat wind), and 三元牌 (dragon tiles).

See also: 荘風牌 · 門風牌 · 三元牌

• 役やく牌はいをポンして、一いー飜はんついた。

  I called pon on a value honor tile and got one han.

noun

winning hand with a value honor set

A hand that includes at least one pung or kong of a value honor tile, which guarantees at least one han. Often used in scoring contexts.

• 役やく牌はいがあれば、とりあえずあがれる。

  If you have a value honor set, you can at least go out.