國際象棋

Chinese

		international; global; between countries around the world international; global; between countries around the world; international sphere	elephant chess; xiangqi; Chinese chess elephant chess; xiangqi; Chinese chess; xiangqi piece; Chinese chess piece
trad. (國際象棋)		國際	象棋
simp. (国际象棋)		国际	象棋
Literally: “international elephant chess”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guójì xiàngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwok³ zai³ zoeng⁶ kei^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gok² dai¹ diang⁵ kei^3*

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷koq-ci-zhian-ji

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guójì xiàngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guójì siàngcí
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-chi⁴ hsiang⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: gwó-jì syàng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojih shianqchyi
    • Palladius: гоцзи сянци (goczi sjanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ zai³ zoeng⁶ kei^4-2
    • Yale: gwok jai jeuhng kéi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ dzai³ dzoeng⁶ kei^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ zei³ zêng⁶ kéi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡sœːŋ²² kʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gok² dai¹ diang⁵ kei^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔk̚⁵⁵ tai³³ tiaŋ³² kʰei²²⁻²²⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-ci-zhian-ji
    • MiniDict: koh^入 ci zhian ji
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-ji-xxian-jji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʑiã³³ d͡ʑi²¹/

Noun

國際象棋

1. chess

Synonyms

• (short): 國象／国象 (guóxiàng)

Dialectal synonyms of 國際象棋 (“chess”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	西洋棋, 西洋象棋
	Malaysia	西洋棋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	國際象棋
	Taishan	國際象棋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	chess
Hakka	Senai (Huiyang)	西洋棋
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛棋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅毛棋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	西洋棋
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅毛棋
Wu	Shanghai	國際象棋