他們在下棋。

They're playing chess.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 tāmen they; them
2 在下 zàixià
  1. under
  2. myself (humble)
=3 棋 qí variant of 棋 qí
=3 棋 qí
  1. chess
  2. chess-like game
  3. a game of chess
  4. chess piece

classifiers: 盤, 個, 顆
=3 棋 qí variant of 棋 qí
=3 棋 jī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) root, basis, alternative form of 基 (jī)
  2. root, basis, alternative form of 基 (jī)