打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 游戏 游戲 yóu xì game / CL:場|场[chang3] / to play syn 拿下 ná xià to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc) syn 扑克 撲克 pū kè poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards syn 比分 bǐ fēn score (of a game or competition) 球赛 球賽 qiú sài (ball sports) game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] 弃权 棄權 qì quán to waive a right / to abstain (from voting) / (sports) to forfeit (a game) / to voluntarily withdraw from a match 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 板球 bǎn qiú cricket (ball game) 牌局 pái jú gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 手柄 shǒu bǐng handle / video game controller 存档 存檔 cún dàng to archive / to place on file / saved data (for a video game etc) syn 桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game) 打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 博弈论 博弈論 bó yì lùn game theory 围棋 圍棋 wéi qí the game of Go 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 手球 shǒu qiú handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer) 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 扫雷 掃雷 sǎo léi minesweeper (computer game) syn 和局 hé jú draw / tied game syn 酒令 jiǔ lìng wine-drinking game syn 连珠 連珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row syn 棋谱 棋譜 qí pǔ kifu (record of a game of go or shogi) 梭哈 suō hā five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") 牌九 pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes) 毽子 jiàn zi a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock 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 五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang 终局 終局 zhōng jú endgame / conclusion / outcome / final part of a chess game syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 划拳 huá quán finger-guessing game syn 玩家 wán jiā player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) 网游 網遊 wǎng yóu online game (abbr. for 網絡遊戲|网络游戏[wang3 luo4 you2 xi4]) 六合彩 liù hé cǎi Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) 网络游戏 網絡遊戲 wǎng luò yóu xì online game / abbr. to 網遊|网游 魔兽世界 魔獸世界 mó shòu shì jiè World of Warcraft (video game) 挂机 掛機 guà jī to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc) 街机 街機 jiē jī arcade game 连连看 連連看 lián lián kàn pattern matching (puzzle game) / matching (type of test question in which presented items are to be paired up) 最终幻想 最終幻想 zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng Final Fantasy (video game) 电玩 電玩 diàn wán video game 游戏规则 遊戲規則 yóu xì guī zé rules of the game 让球 讓球 ràng qiú to concede points (in a game) 大富翁 dà fù wēng Monopoly (game) / known as 地產大亨|地产大亨[Di4 chan3 Da4 heng1] in Taiwan 星际争霸 星際爭霸 xīng jì zhēng bà StarCraft (video game series) 斗地主 鬥地主 dòu dì zhǔ dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game) 半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court 看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball! 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 俄罗斯方块 俄羅斯方塊 é luó sī fāng kuài Tetris (video game) 对对碰 對對碰 duì duì pèng concentration (a pair-matching game) 暗黑破坏神 暗黑破壞神 àn hēi pò huài shén Diablo (video game series) 军事演习 軍事演習 jūn shì yǎn xí military exercise / war game 飞镖 飛鏢 fēi biāo darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead) 收官 shōu guān final part of a go game (see 官子[guan1 zi3]) / endgame / to finish up / to come to the final stage 恶魔城 惡魔成 è mó chéng Castlevania (video game series) 洛克人 luò kè rén Rockman or Mega Man (video game series) 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 撞球 zhuàng qiú billiards / billiards ball / pool (game) 代币 代幣 dài bì token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc) 定式 dìng shì joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game) 将计就计 將計就計 jiāng jì jiù jì to beat sb at their own game (idiom) 街头霸王 街頭霸王 jiē tóu bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series) 押宝 押寶 yā bǎo to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck 角色扮演游戏 角色扮演遊戲 jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xì role-playing game (RPG) 成语接龙 成語接龍 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next 雷神之锤 雷神之錘 léi shén zhī chuí Quake (video game series) 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 军棋 軍棋 jūn qí land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego 头家 頭家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor 塞尔达 塞爾達 sài ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) 数独 數獨 shù dú sudoku (puzzle game) 行令 xíng lìng to issue orders / to order sb to drink in a drinking game 短传 短傳 duǎn chuán short pass (in ball game) 抛绣球 拋繡球 pāo xiù qiú throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court 和棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn 球 qiú ball / sphere / globe / CL:個|个[ge4] / ball game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] syn 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn 庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn 满贯 滿貫 mǎn guàn to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success syn 棋局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess / (old) chessboard 二十一点 二十一點 èr shí yī diǎn blackjack (card game) 