下 棋

xiàqí

“To play chess” in Chinese is 下棋 (xiàqí).

Meaning

to play chess

Example

我们经常下棋。

We often play chess.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

xiàHSK 13 strokesdown qíHSK 7-912 strokeschess

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Not to be confused with: 下期 (xià qī, next period (week, month or quarter etc))