Finger Guessing Rules

Chinese Finger Guessing

Rules:

  1. Finger guessing language: Mandarin
  2. Both players finger out and call out the sum of their fingers, the one who calls out the sum of their fingers is winner, and the loser drinks.
  3. If the sum of their fingers is wrong or the same, then proceed till one player wins.

Fouls:

  1. Fingering out and calling out the number must be synchronized without time difference, otherwise shall be regarded a foul.
  2. Only the fingering out or only calling out the number is also regarded a foul.

Taboo: Forbidden to extend index finger, ring finger, little finger, index finger + middle finger alone.

International Finger Guessing

Rules:

  1. Finger guessing language: Any language.
  2. Both players finger out and call out the number of fingers they show respectively. With an exception that 1 beat 5, the one who fingers out larger one between two adjacent numbers wins, and the loser drinks.
  3. If the number of their fingers is the same or not adjacent, then proceed till one player wins.
  4. When finger guessing in different languages, the winner is determined by which fingers extended. If there is a discrepancy between the fingers extended and the number called out, the fingers extended shall prevail.
  5. When finger guessing in the same language, the number called out and fingers extended should match.

Fouls:

  1. Fingering out and calling out the number must be synchronized without time difference, otherwise shall be regarded a foul.
  2. Only the fingering out or only calling out the number is also regarded a foul.
  3. When finger guessing in the same language, the number called out and fingers extended should match, otherwise shall be regarded a foul.

Taboo: Forbidden to extend index finger, ring finger, little finger, index finger + middle finger alone.