棋子

qízǐ
  1. chess piece
  2. (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)

classifiers: 個, 顆

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Entry Composition

=1 棋 qí variant of 棋 qí
=1 棋 qí
  1. chess
  2. chess-like game
  3. a game of chess
  4. chess piece

classifiers: 盤, 個, 顆
=1 棋 qí variant of 棋 qí
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"