棋 meaning in English

qí

chess; chess-like game

HSK 7-9noun12 strokes

Meaning of 棋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qí
  1. chess
  2. chess-like game
  3. a game of chess
  4. chess piece

Measure word: 盤|盘

qí
  1. variant of 棋[qi2]
qí
  1. variant of 棋[qi2]

棋 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

没méi有yǒu人rén想xiǎng和hé我wǒ下xià象xiàng棋qí。
Nobody wants to play chess with me.
我wǒ对duì西xī洋yáng棋qí没méi有yǒu兴xìng趣qù。
I'm not interested in chess.
等děng等děng!那nà边biān有yǒu很hěn多duō黑hēi棋qí。
Hang on a minute. There's quite a few black chess pieces over there.
我wǒ们men下xià棋qí玩wán得de很hěn开kāi心xīn。
We had a good time playing chess.
雅yǎ妮nī想xiǎng学xué习xí如rú何hé把bǎ棋qí下xià得de更gèng好hǎo。
Yanni wants to learn to play chess well.

Stroke order for each character

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棋 qí · chess · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 棋.

下棋xiàqíto play chess
棋子qízǐchess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
象棋xiàngqíChinese chess
棋盘qípánchessboard
国际象棋guójìxiàngqíchess
围棋wéiqíthe game of Go

Questions about 棋

What does 棋 mean?

棋 (qí) means "chess; chess-like game" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 棋?

棋 is made of 1 character: 棋 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 棋 an HSK word?

Yes. 棋 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.