Chinese checkers

See also: chinese checkers and Chinese Checkers

English

Alternative forms

• Chinese Checkers (US spelling)
• chinese checkers (US spelling)
• Chinese chequers (UK spelling)

Noun

Chinese checkers (uncountable) (American spelling)

1. A board game played by two to six people, in which players aim to move their own pieces to the corner opposite their starting position by single moves or jumps over other pieces.

Translations

board game

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 跳棋 (tiu³ kei^4-2), 波子棋 (bo¹ zi² kei^4-2)

  Mandarin: 跳棋 (zh) (tiàoqí)

• Finnish: kiinanšakki, tähtihalma
• French: dames chinoises (fr)
• German: Halma (de) f
• Icelandic: kínaskák f
• Japanese: ダイヤモンドゲーム (daiyamondogēmu)
• Russian: кита́йские ша́шки f pl (kitájskije šáški), ха́лма f (xálma), ха́льма f (xálʹma)
• Spanish: tablero chino (es) m, damas chinas f pl
• Swedish: kinaschack (sv) n
• Zhuang: geizdiuq