# 博弈
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bóyì
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bok$^3$ jik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bóyì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bóyì
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$-i$^4$
*** Yale: bwó-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boryih
*** Palladius: бои (boi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵ i⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$博弈 駁議 / 驳议
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bok$^3$ jik$^6$
*** Yale: bok yihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bok$^8$ jik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bog$^3$ yig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔːk̚³ jɪk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: pak yek
Rime :
| Character | 博 | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (104) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 補各切 | 羊益切 |
| Baxter | pak | yek |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pwɑk̚/ | /jiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷɑk̚/ | /jiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puɑk̚/ | /iæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwak̚/ | /jiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /puɑk̚/ | /iɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /puɑk̚/ | /jĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pwɑk̚/ | /i̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bo | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bok$^3$ | jik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤak [ɢ](r)Ak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paːɡ laːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 博 | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bó | yì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pak › | ‹ yek › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁak/ | /*[ɢ](r)Ak/ |
| English | broad | uneasy |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 博 | 弈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3474 | 14997 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 | 亦 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 博 | 繹 |
| Old Chinese | /*paːɡ/ | /*laːɡ/ |

### Noun

博弈
* games; gambling; contest

### Verb

博弈
* (Classical) to play Go; to play chess
* to gamble
* (figurative) to engage in a geopolitical contest
    大國博弈／大国博弈 ― dàguó bóyì ― a geopolitical contest between great powers

#### Synonyms

* (to play chess):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 弈棋, 對弈, 行棋 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 下棋, 對弈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 下棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 下棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 下棋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 下棋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 下棋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 下棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 下棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 下棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 下棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下棋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 來棋, 下棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 下棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 下棋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 下棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 下棋, 走棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 下棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 下棋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 動棋, 下棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 下棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 著棋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 下棋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 捉棋, 玩棋 uncommon or dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 作棋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 作棋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 作棋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 硩棋 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 作棋 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 下棋 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 捉棋 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 捉棋, 搞棋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 走棋, 下棋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 走棋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 捉棋, 動棋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捉棋仔, 捉棋 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 作棋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 作棋 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 作棋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 捉棋 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 著棋 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 著棋 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 作棋 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 著棋 |
| Hakka | Changting | 下棋 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 著棋 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 著棋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 動棋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 行棋仔, 作棋子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 作棋仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 行棋仔, 作棋子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 行棋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 行棋仔, 行棋, 作棋子 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 行棋 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 捉棋 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 著棋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 下棋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 下棋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 下棋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 下棋, 行棋, 動棋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 行棋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 行棋 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 行棋, 著棋 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 掠棋 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 行棋 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 走棋 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 走棋, 落棋 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 行棋, 摲棋, 駛棋 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 行棋 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 喐棋, 動棋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 著棋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 著棋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 著棋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 走棋, 著棋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 下棋, 走棋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 著棋, 著棋子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 著棋, 走棋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 走棋, 著棋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 下棋, 走棋, 動棋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 下棋, 動棋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 動棋 |

### Derived terms

* 博弈論 / 博弈论 (bóyìlùn)
* 零和博弈 (línghé bóyì)