# 下棋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiàqí
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xia$^4$ qi$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^6$ kei$^{4-2}$ / haa$^6$ kei$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ha$^5$ 'qi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ha$^3$ qi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): hā-gǐ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hâ-gì
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xia$^5$ ji$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàqí
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàcí
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: syà-chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahchyi
*** Palladius: сяци (sjaci)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xia$^4$ qi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaki
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕia²¹³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^6$ kei$^{4-2}$ / haa$^6$ kei$^4$
*** Yale: hah kéi / hah kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^6$ kei$^{4-2}$ / haa$^6$ kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^6$ kéi$^{4-2}$ / ha$^6$ kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː²² kʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /haː²² kʰei̯²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ha$^5$ 'qi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ha¹¹ ˈt͡ɕʰi²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ha$^3$ qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xa⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hā-gǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /xa⁵⁵ ki²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hâ-gì
*** Sinological IPA : /ha²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$i⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: xia$^5$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi¹³/

### Verb

下棋
* to play chess

#### Synonyms

| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |