国 际 象 棋 guó jì xiàng qí chess / CL:副[fu4] 西 洋 棋 xī yáng qí chess 招 数 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数[zhao1 shu4] 象 棋 xiàng qí Chinese chess / CL:副[fu4] 博 弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest 老 将 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran 棋 子 qí zǐ chess piece / CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1] / (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) 绝 杀 jué shā to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point 下 棋 xià qí to play chess 棋 手 qí shǒu chess player 夹 击 jiā jī pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks 丁 丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc 妙 手 miào shǒu miraculous hands of a healer / highly skilled person / brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 搏 杀 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) 着 a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add 国 手 guó shǒu (sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country 将 帅 jiàng shuài commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess 夹 攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks 对 局 duì jú opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces) 对 弈 duì yì to play go, chess etc 星 罗 棋 布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place 棋 艺 qí yì chess skill 着 数 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 招數|招数[zhao1 shu4] 棋 王 qí wáng chess champion 招 法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) 军 棋 jūn qí land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego 终 局 zhōng jú endgame / conclusion / outcome / final part of a chess game 马 horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess 和 棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] 逼 和 bī hé to force a draw (in chess, competition etc) 将 棋 jiàng qí Japanese chess (shōgi) 象 棋 赛 xiàng qí sài Chinese chess tournament 枚 classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 / "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy 卒 soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess 仕 to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] 棋 局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess / (old) chessboard 白 子 bái zǐ white Go chess piece / bee pupa / albino 棋 赛 qí sài chess game 罫 squares of a chess board 象 赛 xiàng sài chess tournament 待 诏 dài zhào expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties) 徐 俊 Xú Jùn Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster 国 棋 guó qí abbr. for 國際象棋|国际象棋, chess 国 际 棋 联 guó jì qí lián International Chess Federation 棋 具 qí jù checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 / or Chinese chess 象棋 / etc) 着 棋 zhuó qí to play chess 着 法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) 世 界 国 际 象 棋 联 合 会 World Chess Federation 弃 子 qì zǐ sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren)
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