to play chess or a board game

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
shì
wèi
jīng
yàn
fēng
de
zhě

He is an experienced chess player

2
shāng
jìng
zhēng
jiù
xiàng
chǎng

Business competition is like a game of strategy

3
ye
měi
tiān
xià
dōu
huì

Grandpa plays chess every afternoon

4
men
huān
wán
yóu

They like to play game theory games.

5
zài
shāng
tán
pàn
zhōng
shuāng
fāng
cháng
cháng
jìn
xíng

In business negotiations, both parties often engage in game theory.

6
guó
guān
zhōng
de
yào
zhì
huì
lüè

The game theory in international relations requires wisdom and strategy.

7
péng
yǒu
duì

I play chess with my friend.

8
huān
zài
gōng
yuán
bié
rén
duì

Grandpa enjoys playing chess with others in the park.

9
men
liǎ
jīng
cháng
zài
zhōu
duì
xiāng
qiē
cuō

They often play chess on weekends to improve their skills together.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes9
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2228
Zhuyinㄧˋ
Components
UnicodeU+5F08
CangjieYCT
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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