下棋

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	any chess-like game or game requiring strategy
simp. and trad. (下棋)		下	棋
alternative forms		下碁 下棊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiàqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xia⁴ qi²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ kei^4-2 / haa⁶ kei⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): ha⁵ 'qi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): ha³ qi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): hā-gǐ
• Eastern Min (BUC): hâ-gì
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xia⁵ ji²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàcí
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: syà-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahchyi
    • Palladius: сяци (sjaci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xia⁴ qi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia²¹³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ kei^4-2 / haa⁶ kei⁴
    • Yale: hah kéi / hah kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ kei^4-2 / haa⁶ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ kéi^4-2 / ha⁶ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² kʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /haː²² kʰei̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ha⁵ 'qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha¹¹ ˈt͡ɕʰi²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ha³ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xa⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hā-gǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xa⁵⁵ ki²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hâ-gì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)i⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xia⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

Verb

下棋

1. to play chess

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 下棋 (“to play chess”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		弈棋, 對弈, 行棋
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下棋, 對弈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下棋
	Taiwan	下棋
	Harbin	下棋
	Singapore	下棋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下棋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下棋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下棋
	Wanrong	下棋
	Xi'an	下棋
	Xining	下棋
	Xuzhou	來棋, 下棋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下棋
	Lanzhou	下棋
	Ürümqi	下棋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下棋
	Wuhan	下棋, 走棋
	Guiyang	下棋
	Guilin	下棋
	Liuzhou	動棋, 下棋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	下棋
	Yangzhou	下棋
	Nantong	著棋
	Hefei	下棋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉棋
	Hong Kong	捉棋, 玩棋 uncommon or dated
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	捉棋
	Macau	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	捉棋
	Foshan	捉棋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	捉棋
	Foshan (Shunde)	捉棋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	捉棋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	捉棋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	捉棋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	捉棋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	捉棋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	捉棋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	作棋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	作棋
	Taishan	作棋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	硩棋
	Enping (Niujiang)	作棋
	Heshan (Yayao)	捉棋
	Dongguan	捉棋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	捉棋
	Yangjiang	下棋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	捉棋
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	捉棋, 搞棋
Gan	Nanchang	走棋, 下棋
	Lichuan	走棋
	Pingxiang	捉棋, 動棋
Hakka	Meixian	捉棋仔, 捉棋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	作棋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	作棋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	作棋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	捉棋
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	著棋
	Liannan	著棋
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	作棋
	Jiexi	著棋
	Changting	下棋
	Wuping	著棋
	Ninghua	著棋
	Yudu	動棋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	行棋仔, 作棋子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	作棋仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	行棋仔, 作棋子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	行棋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	行棋仔, 行棋, 作棋子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	行棋
	Hong Kong	捉棋
	Senai (Huiyang)	著棋
Huizhou	Jixi	下棋
Jin	Taiyuan	下棋
	Xinzhou	下棋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下棋, 行棋, 動棋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	行棋
	Fuqing	行棋
	Matsu	行棋
Southern Min	Xiamen	行棋
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	行棋
	Quanzhou	行棋
	Jinjiang	行棋
	Zhangzhou	行棋
	Taipei	行棋
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	行棋
	Kaohsiung	行棋
	Yilan	行棋
	Changhua (Lukang)	行棋
	Taichung	行棋
	Taichung (Wuqi)	行棋
	Tainan	行棋
	Taitung	行棋
	Hsinchu	行棋
	Kinmen	行棋
	Penghu (Magong)	行棋
	Penang (Hokkien)	行棋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	行棋
	Manila (Hokkien)	行棋
	Chaozhou	行棋, 著棋
	Shantou	行棋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	掠棋
	Singapore (Teochew)	行棋
	Leizhou	走棋
	Haikou	走棋, 落棋
Puxian Min	Putian	行棋, 摲棋, 駛棋
	Xianyou	行棋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	喐棋, 動棋
Wu	Shanghai	著棋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	著棋
	Suzhou	著棋
	Danyang	走棋, 著棋
	Hangzhou	下棋, 走棋
	Ningbo	著棋, 著棋子
	Wenzhou	著棋, 走棋
	Jinhua	走棋, 著棋
Xiang	Changsha	下棋, 走棋, 動棋
	Loudi	下棋, 動棋
	Shuangfeng	動棋