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象棋

Mandarin · pinyin xiàng qí

Chinese chess
Classifier: 副 fù

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象: xiàng · elephant; ivory; figure, image
棋: qí · chess; any game similar to chess

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4–2 · xiang4 qi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zoeng6 kei2

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noun

xiangqi; Chinese chess
xiangqi piece; Chinese chess piece
(rare or in compounds) chess games developed from chaturanga
(colloquial) alternative form of 將棋 /将棋 (jiàngqí)

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