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 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) 电玩 電玩 diàn wán video game 恶魔城 惡魔成 è mó chéng Castlevania (video game series) 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 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 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 牌局 pái jú gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc 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) 萨尔达 薩爾達 sà ěr dá Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau) 抢答器 搶答器 qiǎng dá qì lockout buzzer system (as used by game show contestants) 弹幕 彈幕 dàn mù barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre) 钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on syn 玩家 wán jiā player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) 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 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 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 魔兽世界 魔獸世界 mó shòu shì jiè World of Warcraft (video game) 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 比分 bǐ fēn score (of a game or competition) 存档 存檔 cún dàng to archive / to place on file / saved data (for a video game etc) syn 拿下 ná xià to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc) syn 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) 游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn 围棋 圍棋 wéi qí the game of Go 打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 街机 街機 jiē jī arcade game 最终幻想 最終幻想 zuì zhōng huàn xiǎng Final Fantasy (video game) 开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc syn 游戏规则 遊戲規則 yóu xì guī zé rules of the game 手柄 shǒu bǐng handle / video game controller 扑克 撲克 pū kè poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards syn 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 球赛 球賽 qiú sài (ball sports) game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] 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) 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 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! 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game 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 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] 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 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) 扫雷 掃雷 sǎo léi minesweeper (computer game) 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 五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang 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 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 假球 jiǎ qiú match-fixing / a fixed match 棋谱 棋譜 qí pǔ kifu (record of a game of go or shogi) 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) 桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game) 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) 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn 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) 海波 hǎi bō hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea) 街头霸王 街頭霸王 jiē tóu bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series) 败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn 角色扮演游戏 角色扮演遊戲 jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xì role-playing game (RPG) 梭哈 suō hā five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") 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) 和局 hé jú draw / tied game 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 博弈论 博弈論 bó yì lùn game theory 牌九 pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes) 划拳 huá quán finger-guessing game syn 板球 bǎn qiú cricket (ball game) 酒令 jiǔ lìng wine-drinking game syn 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 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 满贯 滿貫 mǎn guàn to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success syn 露马脚 露馬腳 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom) / to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away syn 中局 zhōng jú middle game (in go or chess) 包产到户 包產到戶 bāo chǎn dào hù fixing of farm output quotas for each household 球 qiú ball / sphere / globe / CL:個|个[ge4] / ball game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] syn 万智牌 萬智牌 wàn zhì pái Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling) 