chess piece · CL: gè, kē · (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)

qí zǐ

q+í·2nd tonez+ǐ·3rd tone

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The promotion of a piece to a king is indicated by setting on it another piece of the same color.

在一顆棋子上放置另一顆相同颜色的棋子，可以表示这顆棋子晉升为王。

I moved a chess piece on the board one forward.

我在棋盘上把一个棋子向前移動一步。

On a 19x19 lines board, Go is played with 361 stones (181 black and 180 white).

圍棋使用十九路棋盘，共 361 顆棋子 (181 顆黑子与 180 顆白子)。

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