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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 下棋

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
下棋 xià qí - to play chess

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 11,710 21,495 22,962

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
- chess
- chess-like game
- a game of chess
- CL:盤|盘[pan2]
- chess piece
- CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- variant of 棋[qi2]
- variant of 棋[qi2]

Other Words Containing 下棋

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
下棋 - 8 11,710 21,495 22,962