The object is to have a hand with a total value higher than the dealer's without going over 21. Kings, Queens, Jacks and Tens are worth a value of 10. An Ace has the value of 1 or 11. The remaining cards are counted at face value.

Chinese Blackjack is also known as 21-point, ban-luck (Hokkien), ban-nag (Cantonese), and x dch (Vietnamese). The game is played in South East Asia and resembles conventional Blackjack.