象赛 象賽 xiàng sài chess tournament 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn 车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn 帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn 徐俊 xú jùn Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster 联赛 聯賽 lián sài (sports) league / league tournament 竞技 競技 jìng jì competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament syn 比武 bǐ wǔ martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest 邀请赛 邀請賽 yāo qǐng sài invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms) 擂台赛 擂臺賽 lèi tái sài single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated) 澳网 澳網 ào wǎng Australian Open (tennis tournament) 美网 美網 měi wǎng US Open (tennis tournament) 循环赛 循環賽 xún huán sài round-robin tournament 本因坊 běn yīn fāng Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940) / title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-) 马上比武 馬上比武 mǎ shàng bǐ wǔ tournament (contest in Western chivalry) / jousting 赛制 賽制 sài zhì competition format / tournament system (e.g. round robin, single-elimination knockout etc) 闭幕词 閉幕詞 bì mù cí closing speech (at the conclusion of a conference, sports tournament etc) 开杆 開杆 kāi gān (of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start / to kick off 象棋 xiàng qí Chinese chess / CL:副[fu4] 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 将帅 將帥 jiàng shuài commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess syn 军棋 軍棋 jūn qí land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego 卒 zú soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess syn 舍车保帅 捨車保帥 shě jū bǎo shuài rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess) / fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck 棋具 qí jù checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc) 㐷 傌 mǎ (Chinese chess) horse / knight (on the red side) 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 峇峇娘惹 bā bā niáng rě Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese) 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 布局 佈局 bù jú arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon) syn 城堡 chéng bǎo castle / rook (chess piece) syn 招数 招數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数[zhao1 shu4] syn 博弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest syn 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 棋子 qí zǐ chess piece / CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1] / (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) syn 绝杀 絕殺 jué shā to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point 下棋 xià qí to play chess syn 棋手 qí shǒu chess player syn 夹击 夾擊 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 syn 丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn 中盘 中盤 zhōng pán middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhong1 pan2 shang1]) distributor / wholesaler / middleman 妙手 miào shǒu miraculous hands of a healer / highly skilled person / brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋 syn 搏杀 搏殺 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) syn 国际象棋 國際象棋 guó jì xiàng qí chess / CL:副[fu4] 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 国手 國手 guó shǒu (sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country syn 残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) 求和 qiú hé to sue for peace / to look for a draw (chess) / summation (math.) 夹攻 夾攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn 将死 將死 jiāng sǐ to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die 对局 對局 duì jú opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces) syn 对弈 對弈 duì yì to play go, chess etc syn 星罗棋布 星羅棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place syn 小卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn syn 棋艺 棋藝 qí yì chess skill 着数 著數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 招數|招数[zhao1 shu4] syn 棋王 qí wáng chess champion 招法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) syn 终局 終局 zhōng jú endgame / conclusion / outcome / final part of a chess game syn 和棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn 逼和 bī hé to force a draw (in chess, competition etc) 将棋 將棋 jiàng qí Japanese chess (shōgi) 中局 zhōng jú middle game (in go or chess) 西洋棋 xī yáng qí chess 招 zhāo to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 枚 méi 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 syn 枰 píng chess-like game syn 罫 guà squares of a chess board 出臭子儿 出臭子兒 chū chòu zǐ r to make a bad move (in a game of chess) 国棋 國棋 guó qí abbr. for 國際象棋|国际象棋, chess 国际棋联 國際棋聯 guó jì qí lián International Chess Federation 封闭性开局 封閉性開局 fēng bì xìng kāi jú Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) / same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局 棋赛 棋賽 qí sài chess game 死棋 sǐ qí dead piece (in Chess) / stupid move / hopeless case syn 臭子儿 臭子兒 chòu zǐ r dead bullet (one that does not fire) / a bad move (in a game of chess) 臭棋 chòu qí blunder (in chess) 着棋 著棋 zhuó qí to play chess syn 着法 著法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) 走子 zǒu zǐ a move (in chess) 逼将 逼將 bī jiāng to checkmate (in chess) 双后前兵开局 雙后前兵開局 shuāng hòu qián bīng kāi jú Double Queen Pawn Opening / Closed Game (chess) / same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局 棋局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess / (old) chessboard 世界国际象棋联合会 世界國際象棋聯合會 World Chess Federation 悔棋 huǐ qí to withdraw a move (chess) syn 白子 bái zǐ white Go chess piece / bee pupa / albino 待诏 待詔 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) 复盘 復盤 fù pán (after completing a game of chess) to replay the game, analyzing the players' moves / (stock market) to resume trading 后手 後手 hòu shǒu defensive position (in chess) / room for maneuver / a way of escape syn 弃子 棄子 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) 中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn 简体中文 簡體中文 jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén simplified character Chinese, simplified Chinese 