Chinese chess

American  

noun

1. a Chinese game, resembling chess, played on a board consisting of two halves, each eight squares by four, with a strip separating them: pieces representing the military of ancient China are placed on the intersections of the lines and the game is won when a general is checkmated.

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Example Sentences

Chin Kwong-tak, 83, was in a nearby park, watching friends play Chinese chess, when one of them pointed to the flames.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Chinese chess, called xiangqi in Chinese, is a traditional board game that remains popular, particularly among older people.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

All that has inspired a frenetic rush of activity by Ding and Chinese chess officials to get him the requisite number of games in the next three weeks.

From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2022

Early on, he developed a website that allowed people to play Chinese chess with each other over the Web, until it fell away for lack of interest.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2016

Of Chinese chess some description will be more novel.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various