棋子 meaning in English

qízǐ

chess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)

HSK 7-9noun15 strokes

Meaning of 棋子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qízǐ

Measure word: 個|个,顆|颗

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

我wǒ在zài棋qí盘pán上shàng把bǎ一yí个gè棋qí子zi向xiàng前qián移yí动dòng一yī步bù。

I moved a chess piece on the board one forward.

围wéi棋qí使shǐ用yòng十shí九jiǔ路lù棋qí盘pán，共gòng 361 颗kē棋qí子zi (181 颗kē黑hēi子zi与yǔ 180 颗kē白bái子zi)。

On a 19x19 lines board, Go is played with 361 stones (181 black and 180 white).

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Words that share a character with 棋子.

孩子	háizi	child
儿子	érzi	son
房子	fángzi	house; building (single- or two-story)
桌子	zhuōzi	table; desk
杯子	bēizi	cup; glass
包子	bāozi	baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子	běnzi	book; notebook
样子	yàngzi	appearance; manner
日子	rìzi	day; a (calendar) date
椅子	yǐzi	chair
瓶子	píngzi	bottle
例子	lìzi	case; (for) instance

What does 棋子 mean?

棋子 (qízǐ) means "chess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 棋子?

棋子 is made of 2 characters: 棋 (12 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 棋子 an HSK word?

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