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西洋跳棋

sai1 joeng4 tiu3 kei4*2

English draughts, American checkers

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Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

西洋跳棋

This word was added by bybell on 15th Feb 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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西 sai1 xi1 si1 yue1 - west
洋 joeng4 yang2 xiang2 - foreign; Western; imported; ocean
跳 tiu3 tiao4 - jump
棋 kei4 kei4*2 ji1 qi2 - [1] [n] chess; any game similar to chess

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