棋 (kei4 kei4*2 | qi2) : chess; chesspiece

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棋

kei4 kei4*2

qi2

[1] chess or any board game
[2] chesspiece; chessman

Jyutping kei4*2 is used mainly in last syllable of a noun; kei4 is used in other positions of the syllable.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

棋

This word has been viewed 6031 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Aug 2013 01:17

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象棋 zoeng6 kei4*2 xiang4 qi2 = Chinese chess

圍棋 wai4 kei4*2 wei2 qi2 = Go, a board game

下棋 haa6 kei4*2 xia4 qi2 = play chess or Go

捉圍棋 zuk1 wai4 kei4*2 zhuo1 wei2 qi2 = play Go (a board game)

棋盤 kei4 pun4*2 qi2 pan2 = chessboard, checker board

波子棋 bo1 zi2 kei4*2 = jumping in Chinese Chess (跳棋); chinese checkers

琴棋書畫 kam4 kei4 syu1 waa6*2 = playing piano, playing chess, writing and drawing

捉棋 zuk1 kei4*2 = play chess or Go 粵

捉象棋 zuk1 zoeng6 kei4*2 = play Chinese chess 粵

西洋跳棋 sai1 joeng4 tiu3 kei4*2 = English draughts, American checkers

跳棋 tiu3 kei4*2 = chinese checkers (lit., "jumping chess")

棋逢對手 kei4 fung4 deoi3 sau2 qi2 feng2 dui4 shou3 = well-matched in a competition

中國象棋 zung1 gwok3 zoeng6 kei4*2 zhong1 guo2 xiang4 qi2 = Chinese chess

西洋棋 sai1 joeng4 kei4*2 xi1 yang2 qi2 = chess

棋高一着 kei4 gou1 jat1 zoek6 qi2 gao1 yi1 zhao1 = one step ahead; get the upper hand

星羅棋佈 sing1 lo4 kei4 bou3 xing1 luo2 qi2 bu4 = spreading many and wide

將棋 zoeng3 kei4*2 jiang4 qi2 = Japanese chess (shōgi)

棋差一着 kei4 caa1 jat1 zoek6 qi2 cha1 yi1 zhao1 = take a wrong step; miscalculate

棋手 kei4 sau2 qi2 shou3 = a high-graded chess player

棋子 kei4 zi2 qi2 zi3 = a board games piece

棋士 kei4 si6 qi2 shi4 = Go Professional

Showing 1 example containing 棋

捉棋嘅時候最憎人係度依牙鬆槓粵
It irritates me when people around me are giving all sorts of comments while I am playing chess.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 棋
Unicode code for this character: U+68cb (off-site link)

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