下棋
xià qí
Pinyin

Definition

下棋
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xià qí
  1. to play chess

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
下
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.
下载
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule

Idioms (20)

三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation

Sample Sentences

是啊，他们一边下棋，一边聊天，很有意思。
shì a ，tāmen yībiān xiàqí ，yībiān liáotiān ，hěn yǒuyìsi 。
Yes, they play chess and chat, it's very interesting.
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真的？好有趣啊，是哪位“人类”跟电脑下棋呢？
zhēnde ？hǎo yǒuqù ā ，shì nǎ wèi “rénlèi ”gēn diànnǎo xiàqí ne ？
Really? How interesting, which "human" was playing with the computer?
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现在浴场都是一条龙服务，就像一个综合性的休闲场所。除了洗澡，桑拿，还能吃饭，唱歌，打牌，下棋，健身，住宿什么的，应有尽有。
xiànzài yǔchǎng dōu shì yītiáolóng fúwù ，jiù xiàng yī ge zōnghé xìng de xiūxián chǎngsuǒ 。chúle xǐzǎo ，sāngná ，hái néng chīfàn ，chànggē ，dǎpái ，xiàqí ，jiànshēn ，zhùsù shénme de ，yīngyǒujìnyǒu 。
These days bath houses are all-inclusive. They're like comprehensive recreation centers. Other than bathing and saunas, you can eat food, sing songs, play cards, chess, work out, sleep, stay the night. They have everything you could need.
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