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Chinese Go Terms
    Keywords: Go term

This list of Chinese Go Terms can also be found at [ext] here. Another version, maintained by Doug Ridgway, is [ext] here.

Also see Benjamin Barrett's [ext] multilingual go dictionary, which includes lots of Chinese Go Terms.

Revised on 2003 December 29.

B

  • 白 (bai2) - white
  • 败着 (bai4 zhao1) - losing move
  • 扳 (ban1) - hane
  • 板六 (ban3 liu4) - rectangular six
  • 包围 (bao1 wei2) - surround
  • 薄 (bao2) - thin
  • 本身劫 (ben3 shen1 jie2) - local ko threat
  • 本身劫材 (ben3 shen1 jie2 cai2) - see 本身劫
  • 本手 (ben3 shou3) - proper move
  • 边 (bian1) - side
  • 变化 (bian4 hua4) - variation
  • 并 (bing4) - stretch
  • 布局 (bu4 ju2) - opening

C

D

E

  • 恶手 (e4 shou3) - bad move
  • 二连星 (er4 lian2 xing1) - ni ren sei

F

G

  • 高目 (gao1 mu4) - 5-4 point
  • 攻 (gong1) - attack
  • 攻击 (gong1 ji1) - see
  • 公气 (gong1 qi4) - shared liberty
  • 共活 (gong4 huo2) - seki
  • 孤棋 (gu1 qi2) - see 浮棋
  • 挂角 (gua4 jiao3) - corner approach
  • 拐 (guai3) - bend
  • 官子 (guan1 zi3) - endgame
  • 滚包 (gun3 bao1) - squeezing tesuji
  • 滚打 (gun3 da3) - see 滚包
  • 滚打包收 (gun3 da3 bao1 shou1) - see 滚包

H

J

K

  • 开拆 (kai1 chai1) - see
  • 开花 (kai1 hua1) - ponnuki
  • 开局 (kai1 ju2) - see 布局
  • 看花劫 (kan4 hua1 jie2) - picnic ko
  • 靠 (kao4) - attach
  • 空三角 (kong1 san1 jiao3) - empty triangle
  • 空 (kong4) - see

L

M

  • 盲点 (mang2 dian3) - blind spot
  • 梅花六 (mei2 hua1 liu4) - see 花六
  • 梅花五 (mei2 hua1 wu3) - see 花五
  • 妙手 (miao4 shou3) - good move
  • 模仿棋 (mo2 fang3 qi2) - see 东坡棋
  • 模样 (mo2 yang4) - territorial framework
  • 目 (mu4) - point

N

  • 内气 (nei4 qi4) - internal liberty
  • 逆先 (ni4 xian1) - reverse sente
  • 逆先手 (ni4 xian1 shou3) - see 逆先
  • 粘 (nian2) - see
  • 扭断 (niu3 duan4) - crosscut
  • 扭十字 (niu3 shi2 zi4) - see 扭断

P

Q

  • 棋理 (qi2 li3) - go theory
  • 棋盘 (qi2 pan2) - go board
  • 棋手 (qi2 shou3) - player
  • 棋钟 (qi2 zhong1) - clock
  • 棋子 (qi2 zi3) - stone
  • 气 (qi4) - liberty
  • 气紧 (qi4 jin3) - shortage of liberties
  • 墙 (qiang2) - wall
  • 强 (qiang2) - strong
  • 墙壁 (qiang2 bi4) - see
  • 切断 (qie4 duan4) - see
  • 曲 (qu3) - see
  • 曲三 (qu3 san1) - bent three
  • 曲四 (qu3 si4) - bent four

R

  • 让子 (rang4 zi3) - handicap
  • 让子棋 (rang4 zi3 qi2) - handicap game
  • 认输 (ren4 shu1) - resign
  • 弱 (ruo2) - weak

S

  • 三劫 (san1 jie2) - triple ko
  • 三劫循环 (san1 jie2 xun2 huan2) - see 三劫
  • 三连星 (san1 lian2 xing1) - san ren sei
  • 三三 (san1 san1) - 3-3 point
  • 上 (shang4) - upper
  • 伸腿 (shen1 tui3) - monkey jump
  • 生死劫 (sheng1 si3 jie2) - all-dominating ko
  • 胜 (sheng4) - win
  • 胜着 (sheng4 zhao1) - winning move
  • 失败 (shi1 bai4) - failure
  • 势 (shi4) - see 厚势
  • 势力 (shi4 li4) - see 厚势
  • 试应手 (shi4 ying4 shou3) - probe
  • 收气 (shou1 qi4) - see 紧气
  • 守 (shou3) - see
  • 守角 (shou3 jiao3) - corner enclosure
  • 手筋 (shou3 jin1) - tesuji
  • 输 (shu1) - see
  • 双 (shuang1) - bamboo joint
  • 双吃 (shuang1 chi1) - double atari
  • 双打 (shuang1 da3) - see 双吃
  • 双打吃 (shuang1 da3 chi1) - see 双吃
  • 双活 (shuang1 huo2) - see 共活
  • 双叫吃 (shuang1 jiao4 chi1) - see 双吃
  • 双劫 (shuang1 jie2) - double ko
  • 顺序 (shun4 xu4) - see 次序
  • 死活 (si3 huo2) - life and death
  • 死活题 (si3 huo2 ti2) - life and death problem
  • 死棋 (si3 qi2) - dead group
  • 四连星 (si4 lian2 xing1) - yon ren sei
  • 俗手 (su2 shou3) - crude move
  • 随手 (sui2 shou3) - hasty move
  • 随手棋 (sui2 shou3 qi2) - see 随手

T

  • 弹性 (tan2 xing4) - flexibility
  • 提 (ti2) - remove from board
  • 提子 (ti2 zi3) - see
  • 天王山 (tian1 wang2 shan1) - focal point
  • 天元 (tian1 yuan2) - tengen
  • 跳 (tiao4) - jump
  • 贴目 (tie1 mu4) - komi
  • 图 (tu2) - diagram
  • 退 (tui4) - pull back
  • 脱骨 (tuo4 gu3) - see 倒脱靴
  • 脱先 (tuo4 xian1) - tenuki

W

X

Y

  • 压 (ya1) - press
  • 眼 (yan3) - eye
  • 要点 (yao4 dian3) - see 急所
  • 业余 (ye4 yu2) - amateur
  • 引征 (yin3 zheng1) - ladder block
  • 赢 (ying2) - see
  • 应氏 (ying4 shi4) - ing's
  • 右 (you4) - right
  • 余味 (yu2 wei4) - see 味道
  • 院生 (yuan4 sheng1) - insei

Z

  • 真眼 (zhen1 yan3) - real eye
  • 镇 (zhen4) - capping play
  • 镇头 (zhen4 tou2) - see
  • 征 (zheng1) - ladder
  • 征子 (zheng1 zi3) - see
  • 整体 (zheng3 ti3) - chain
  • 指导棋 (zhi2 dao3 qi2) - teaching game
  • 直二 (zhi2 er4) - straight two
  • 直三 (zhi2 san1) - straight three
  • 直四 (zhi2 si4) - straight four
  • 职业 (zhi2 ye4) - professional
  • 中 (zhong1) - middle
  • 钟 (zhong1) - see 棋钟
  • 中腹 (zhong1 fu4) - see
  • 中国流 (zhong1 guo2 liu3) - chinese opening
  • 终盘 (zhong1 pan2) - see 官子
  • 中盘 (zhong1 pan2) - middle game
  • 中央 (zhong1 yang1) - see
  • 专业 (zhuan1 ye4) - see 职业
  • 转换 (zhuan3 huan4) - see 交换
  • 子 (zi3) - see 棋子
  • 左 (zuo3) - left

When you encounter two characters with the same HanYu PinYin spelling, it is possible that they represent different Chinese characters with the same pronunciation. The numbers in the HanYu PinYin indicate the tone of the pronunciation.


Discussion

  • 东坡棋 (dong1 po1 qi2) - mirror go -- Is this named after 子瞻, and why?

unkx80: I have looked up the Internet, and found that it is because it was a clever strategy Su Dong Po (苏东坡) used. Some sources say that he bragged that he can never lose, so when others did not believe and played against him, he simply mirrored and always achieved a draw (territory scoring), hence although he never won anyone, he never lost anyone either. Other sources put it that whenever he played black, his first move is always the tengen and so wins every such game by one point (area scoring).

(Sebastian:) I was doubtful because it seems a bit cheap for a great mind like him. But if he did it to trick braggards, then it would fit his sense of humour.



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