棋

qí

chess; any game similar to chess

How to write 棋, stroke by stroke

variant of 棋; chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; chess piece; variant of 棋

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (wood), phonetic 其

Made of 木 + 其

下棋xià qíto play chess
棋子qí zǐchess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
象棋xiàng qíChinese chess
棋盘qí pánchessboard
围棋wéi qíthe game of Go
西洋棋xī yáng qíchess
棋局qí jústate of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard
国际象棋guó jì xiàng qíchess
一盘棋yī pán qíchessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation
五子棋wǔ zǐ qífive-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang
井字棋jǐng zì qític-tac-toe
和棋hé qídrawn game (in chess or other board game)

我会教你下棋。
wǒ huì jiào nǐ xià qí 。
I will teach you to play chess.
你要跟我玩围棋吗?
nǐ yào gēn wǒ wán wéi qí ma ?
Will you play go with me?
您能教我下国际象棋吗？
nín néng jiào wǒ xià guó jì xiàng qí ma ？
Can you teach me to play chess?
我在棋盘上把一个棋子在向前移动一步。
wǒ zài qí pán shàng bǎ yí gè qí zǐ zài xiàng qián yí dòng yí bù 。
I moved a chess piece on the board one forward.
世事如棋局。
shì shì rú qí jú 。
Life is like a game of chess.