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棋

qí

HSK 5 Character Measure word 盘、个、颗

What 棋 means

1. chess
2. chess-like game
3. a game of chess
4. chess piece

Other readings

棋 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qívariant of {棋|qí}
• qívariant of {棋|qí}

Example sentences

• 世事如棋局。
  Shìshì rú qíjú.
  Life is like a game of chess.
• 我想学围棋。
  Wǒ xiǎng xué wéiqí.
  I want to learn how to play "Go".
• 他们在下棋。
  They're playing chess.
• 我会教你下棋。
  I will teach you to play chess.
• 我们经常下棋。
  We often play chess.
• 我们下象棋吧。
  Let's play chess.

Words starting with 棋

• 棋子qí zǐchess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
• 棋盘qí pánchessboard
• 棋手qí shǒuchess player
• 棋局qí jústate of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard
• 棋艺qí yìchess skill
• 棋具qí jùcheckers (board and pieces for go 围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
• 棋王qí wángchess champion
• 棋谱qí pǔkifu (record of a game of go or shogi)
• 棋赛qí sàichess game
• 棋格状qí gé zhuàngcheckered pattern; chessboard
• 棋逢对手qí féng duì shǒuto be evenly matched; to meet one's match
• 棋高一着qí gāo yī zhāoto be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent
• 棋逢敌手qí féng dí shǒusee 棋逢对手

Words containing 棋

• 象棋xiàng qíChinese chess
• 下棋xià qíto play chess
• 围棋wéi qíthe game of Go
• 国际象棋guó jì xiàng qíchess
• 星罗棋布xīng luó qí bùscattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom)…
• 和棋hé qídrawn game (in chess or other board game)
• 将棋jiàng qíJapanese chess (shōgi)
• 悔棋huǐ qíto withdraw a move (chess)
• 死棋sǐ qídead piece (in Chess); stupid move; hopeless case
• 臭棋chòu qíblunder (in chess)
• 着棋zhuó qíto play chess
• 跳棋tiào qíChinese checkers
• 军棋jūn qíland battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego
• 井字棋jǐng zì qític-tac-toe
• 西洋棋xī yáng qíchess
• 象棋赛xiàng qí sàiChinese chess tournament
• 飞行棋fēi xíng qíaeroplane chess (a Chinese board game)
• 兵棋推演bīng qí tuī yǎnwar-gaming; simulation of a military operation
• 国际棋联guó jì qí liánInternational Chess Federation
• 国际跳棋guó jì tiào qícheckers (Western board game)
• 琴棋书画qín qí shū huà(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting)…
• 举棋不定jǔ qí bù dìngto hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally
• 邓紫棋Dèng Zǐ qíG.E.M. (1991-), Chinese pop star
• 一盘棋yī pán qíchessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation

Characters built on 其

These share the phonetic component 其 (qí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 琪qí(literary) fine jade
• 淇qíname of a river
• 麒qíused in 麒麟

Characters that look like 棋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 猎lièhunting
• 猖chāngferocious
• 楣méilintel; crossbeam
• 骐qí(literary) black horse

Sounds the same

Read qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 其his; her; its
• 奇strange; odd; weird
• 骑to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 齐neat; even; level with
• 歧divergent; side road
• 旗flag; variant of 旗
• 琪(literary) fine jade
• 祺(literary) good luck; good fortune…
• 祈to implore; to pray; to request
• 崎mountainous
• 琦(literary) fine jade
• 淇name of a river