棋子

Chinese

		any chess-like game or game requiring strategy	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (棋子)		棋	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qízǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kei⁴ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ki³ du²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-chṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): gì-cī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gi⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qízǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cízǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: chí-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyitzyy
    • Palladius: цицзы (ciczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qízǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄗˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cízǐhr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-tzŭ³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chí-dzǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyitzeel
    • Palladius: цицзыр (ciczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ zi²
    • Yale: kèih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 旗子 棋子

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ki³ du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²² tu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gì-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-lí
    • Tâi-lô: kî-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kilie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gi⁵ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kî tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/

Noun

棋子

1. board game piece (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 枚)
2. chess piece (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 枚)

   Synonym: 象棋子 (xiàngqízǐ)

3. (figurative) pawn; person being used to some end (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 枚)