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棋子

qí zǐ

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 个、颗

棋子 (qí zǐ) means "chess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 棋子 means

1. chess piece
2. (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)

The characters in 棋子

• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 我在棋盘上把一个棋子向前移动一步。
  I moved a chess piece on the board one forward.
• 我在棋盘上把一个棋子在向前移动一步。
  Wǒ zài qípán shàng bǎ yī gè qízǐ zài xiàngqián yídòng yī bù.
  I moved a chess piece on the board one forward.
• 在一颗棋子上放置另一颗相同颜色的棋子，可以表示这颗棋子晋升为王。
  The promotion of a piece to a king is indicated by setting on it another piece of the same color.
• 围棋使用十九路棋盘，共 361 颗棋子 (181 颗黑子与 180 颗白子)。
  On a 19x19 lines board, Go is played with 361 stones (181 black and 180 white).

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