西洋棋

Chinese

		the Western world; the West; Western Seas	any chess-like game or game requiring strategy
simp. and trad. (西洋棋)		西洋	棋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyángqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ joeng⁴ kei^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyángqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyángcí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yang²-chʻi²
    • Yale: syī-yáng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyangchyi
    • Palladius: сиянци (sijanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ joeng⁴ kei^4-2
    • Yale: sāi yèuhng kéi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ joeng⁴ kei^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yêng⁴ kéi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

西洋棋

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Malaysia) (Western) chess (two-player board game)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 國際象棋 (“chess”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	西洋棋, 西洋象棋
	Malaysia	西洋棋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	國際象棋
	Taishan	國際象棋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	chess
Hakka	Senai (Huiyang)	西洋棋
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛棋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅毛棋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	西洋棋
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅毛棋
Wu	Shanghai	國際象棋