西洋棋

西洋棋

Chinese

		the Western world; the West	any chess-like game or game requiring strategy
simp. and trad. (西洋棋)		西洋	棋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyángqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ joeng⁴ kei^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyángqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyángcí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yang²-chʻi²
    • Yale: syī-yáng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyangchyi
    • Palladius: сиянци (sijanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ joeng⁴ kei^4-2
    • Yale: sāi yèuhng kéi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ joeng⁴ kei^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yêng⁴ kéi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

西洋棋

1. (chiefly Taiwan) (Western) chess (two-player board game)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 國際象棋 (“chess”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	西洋棋, 西洋象棋
	Malaysia	西洋棋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	國際象棋
	Taishan	國際象棋
Min Nan	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛棋
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅毛棋
Wu	Shanghai	國際象棋