棋
qí
Pinyin

Definition

棋
 - 
qí
  1. chess
  2. chess-like game
  3. a game of chess
  4. CL:盤|盘[pán]
  5. chess piece
  6. CL:個|个[gè],顆|颗[kē]
棋 (碁)
 - 
qí
  1. variant of 棋[qí]
棋 (棊)
 - 
qí
  1. variant of 棋[qí]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

棋
qí
  1. 1 variant: 棋 qí
象棋
xiàng qí
  1. 1 Chinese chess
  2. 2 classifier: 副 fù
下棋
xià qí
  1. 1 to play chess
五子棋
wǔ zǐ qí
  1. 1 five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
  2. 2 Japanese: gomoku
  3. 3 gobang
围棋
wéi qí
  1. 1 the game of Go

Idioms (3)

星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù
  1. 1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
棋高一着
qí gāo yī zhāo
  1. 1 to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
  2. 2 to outsmart one's opponent
举棋不定
jǔ qí bù dìng
  1. 1 to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver
  2. 2 to shilly-shally

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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下象棋?
xià xiàngqí ?
Play chess?
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来吧!公园那儿很热闹，有的人跳舞，有的人在下象棋。
lái ba !gōngyuán nàr hěn rènao ，yǒu de rén tiàowǔ ，yǒu de rén zài xià xiàngqí 。
Come on! The park is very lively, some people dance, some people play chess.
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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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这次比赛是人类和人工智能的围棋大战。
zhècì bǐsài shì rénlèi hé réngōng zhìnéng de wéiqí dàzhàn 。
This match was a go battle between humanity and artificial intelligence.
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围棋比赛？这跟人工智能统治宇宙有什么关系。
wéiqí bǐsài ？zhè gēn réngōng zhìnéng tǒngzhì yǔzhòu yǒu shénme guānxi 。
A game of go? What's that got to do with artificial intelligence ruling the universe.
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我刚刚看了一场围棋比赛。
wǒ gānggāng kàn le yī chǎng wéiqí bǐsài 。
I just watched a game of go.
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不久前，韩国棋手李世石在首尔和人工智能围棋程序“阿尔法围棋”开始了一场围棋大战。
bùjiǔ qián ，Hánguó qíshǒu Lǐ Shìshí zài Shǒuěr hé réngōng zhìnéng wéiqí chéngxù “Àěrfǎwéiqí ”kāishǐ le yī chǎng wéiqí dàzhàn 。
Not long ago, the South Korean go player Lee Se-dol started a go battle with the artificial intelligence program AlphaGo in Seoul.
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听说围棋的每一个动作都要“算”好几步，电脑计算虽然快，但围棋比的不是速度，是策略。
tīngshuō wéiqí de měi yī ge dòngzuò dōuyào “suàn ”hǎojǐ bù ，diànnǎo jìsuàn suīrán kuài ，dàn wéiqí bǐ de bùshì sùdù ，shì cèlüè 。
I hear that in go, for every move you make you have to plan several moves. Although computers can calculate fast, go is not about speed, but strategy.
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围棋呢不仅是一种非常讲究策略的棋类，而且是一门非常高深的学问。
wéiqí ne bùjǐn shì yīzhǒng fēicháng jiǎngjiu cèlüè de qí lèi ，érqiě shì yī mén fēicháng gāoshēn de xuéwèn 。
Go is not only a type of chess that emphasizes strategy, but also one that contains an extremely profound learning.
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