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Sheng ji
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Sheng ji is a family of point-based, trick-taking card games played in China and in Chinese immigrant communities. They have a dynamic trump, i.e., which cards are trump changes every round. As these games are played over a wide area with no standardization, rules vary widely from region to region.
![]() Card game played in Nanjing, China | |
Origin | China |
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Type | Trick-taking |
Players | 4 (or more) |
Cards | 54, 108 or 162 |
Deck | French |
Play | Counter-clockwise |
Chance | medium |
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Traditional Chinese | 升級 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 升级 | ||||||
Literal meaning | 'upgrade' | ||||||
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The game is most commonly played with two decks of cards, which can be called bāshí fēn (八十分, 'eighty points'), tuō lā jī (拖拉機, 'tractor'), shuāng kōu (雙摳, 'double digging out'), or shuāng shēng (雙升, 'double upgrade'); another variant is called zhǎo péngyǒu (找朋友, 'Finding Friends'), which has five or more players and two or more decks. Alternatively, it can be played with one deck, in which case the game may be called dǎ bǎi fēn (打百分, 'competing for a hundred points') or sìshí fēn (四十分, 'forty points').
The article below mainly describes the bashi fen variant, with players playing with two decks and in fixed partnerships.