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捉棋

zuk1 kei4*2

play chess or Go ; have a game of a chess or Go [華]: 下棋

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

捉棋

捉 zuk1 zuk3 zhuo1 - grasp; catch
棋 kei4 kei4*2 ji1 qi2 - [1] [n] chess; any game similar to chess

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

This word was added by Steph_fr on 5th Sep 2007 and last edited on 18th Sep 2008

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