下
棋

To play chess in Chinese: 下棋 (xià qí)

xià qí

to play chess

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to play chess

Stroke order

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下
棋

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧˊ

qí

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 爷爷喜欢在公园里和别人下棋。

    yé ye xǐ huan zài gōng yuán lǐ hé bié rén xià qí。

    Grandpa likes to play chess with others in the park.

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Related words

下

xià

down

棋

qí

chess

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

下载

xià zǎi

to download

象棋

xiàng qí

Chinese chess

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

下班

xià bān

to finish work

下边

xià bian

under

下车

xià chē

to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

下次

xià cì

next time

下课

xià kè

to finish class

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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