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"Japanese chess (shōgi)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
将棋 將棋 jiàng qí Japanese chess (shōgi)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
棋谱 棋譜 qí pǔ kifu (record of a game of go or shogi)
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
大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
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
日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops
株式会社 株式會社 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn
慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu")
国耻 國恥 guó chǐ national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person
浜 bīn Japanese variant of 濱|滨[bin1] / used in Japanese place names such as Yokohama 橫浜|横浜[Heng2 bin1] with phonetic value hama syn
辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji
県 xiàn Japanese variant of 縣|县 / Japanese prefecture
明和 míng hé Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan / Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772) / Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools)
中山成彬 zhōng shān chéng bīn NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese politician and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes
伊藤·博文 YitengBowen ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin
円 yuán yen (Japanese currency) / Japanese variant of 圓|圆
刈羽 yì yǔ Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name / Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
畳 dié Japanese variant of 疊|叠[die2] / Japanese tatami matting
种子岛 種子島 zhǒng zi dǎo Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site
衆議院 zhòng yì yuàn Japanese variant of 眾議院|众议院 / the Japanese House of Representatives
鸠山 鳩山 jiū shān Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name / Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
训读 訓讀 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
摩斯拉 mó sī lā Mothra (Japanese モスラ Mosura), Japanese movie monster
卡美拉 kǎ měi lā Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster
拉顿 拉頓 lā dùn Rodan (Japanese ラドン Radon), Japanese movie monster
唐扬 唐揚 táng yáng Japanese-style fried food, usually chicken (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 唐揚げ "karaage")
匁 xx (Japanese kokuji) momme (Japanese unit of weight equal to 3.75 grams)
日人 rì rén Japanese person / the Japanese
形译 形譯 xíng yì derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")
曲线救国 曲線救國 qū xiàn jiù guó (of sb who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945) to secretly work for the Nationalists or against the Communists
出汁 chū zhī dashi (soup stock used in Japanese cuisine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
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
象棋 xiàng qí Chinese chess / CL:副[fu4]
博弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest syn
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
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]
黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn
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)
将帅 將帥 jiàng shuài commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess syn
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
军棋 軍棋 jūn qí land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego
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)
中局 zhōng jú middle game (in go or chess)
西洋棋 xī yáng qí chess
象棋赛 象棋賽 xiàng qí sài Chinese chess tournament
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
卒 zú soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess syn
枰 píng chess-like game syn
罫 guà squares of a chess board
象赛 象賽 xiàng sài chess tournament
徐俊 xú jùn Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster
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
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)
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)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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