Chinese Go Terms

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This list of Chinese Go Terms is maintained by unkx80, and also can be found [ext] here.

See also Go Terms

Other lists:

  • A list maintained by Doug Ridgway is [ext] here.
  • Benjamin Barrett's [ext] multilingual go dictionary, which includes lots of Chinese Go terms.
  • A list of English/Japanese Go terms to Chinese Go terms is [ext] here.
  • The book Contemporary Go Terms at e.g. [ext] Contemporary Go Terms (see cover) by Nam Chihyung lists English, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Go terms on 335 pages and has registers for all 4 languages.
    Just received it: unfortunately for many (incl. me) it does not have proper pinyin (ˉ , ́ , ˇ , ̀ are missing). It does not have tone numbers either.

If the simplified characters and the traditional characters for a Chinese term are different, then the traditional characters will be listed in parentheses.

Updated on 2005 June 24.

B

C

  • 猜先 cai1 xian1 - guessing the stones
  • 猜子 cai1 zi3 - guessing the stones
  • 参考 (參考) can1 kao3 - reference
  • 拆 chai1 - extension
  • 长 (長) chang2 - stretch
  • 长考 (長考) chang2 kao3 - think for a long time
  • 长气 (長氣) chang2 qi4 - increase liberties
  • 长生 (長生) chang2 sheng1 - eternal life
  • 场合定式 (場合定式) chang3 he2 ding4 shi4 - situational joseki
  • 超大飞 (超大飛) chao1 da4 fei1 - very large knight's move
  • 超高目 chao1 gao1 mu4 - 4-6 point
  • 超时 (超時) chao1 shi2 - lose by time
  • 成功 cheng2 gong1 - success
  • 吃 chi1 - capture
  • 冲 (衝) chong1 - push through
  • 重复 (重複) chong2 fu4 - overconcentrated
  • 初段 chu1 duan4 - 1 dan
  • 初级 (初級) chu1 ji2 - beginner level
  • 刺 ci4 - peep
  • 次序 ci4 xu4 - sequence

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  • 压 (壓) ya1 - push down
  • 压力 (壓力) ya1 li4 - pressure
  • 眼 yan3 - eye
  • 眼位 yan3 wei4 - eye space
  • 眼形 yan3 xing2 - eye shape
  • 摇橹劫 (搖櫓劫) yao2 lu3 jie2 - double ko
  • 要点 (要點) yao4 dian3 - vital point
  • 业余 (業餘) ye4 yu2 - amateur
  • 疑问手 (疑問手) yi2 wen4 shou3 - questionable move
  • 弈棋 yi4 qi2 - play game
  • 引征 yin3 zheng1 - ladder block
  • 赢 (贏) ying2 - win
  • 应氏 (應氏) ying4 shi4 - ing's
  • 硬腿 ying4 tui3 - first line descent
  • 右 you4 - right
  • 余味 (餘味) yu2 wei4 - aji
  • 愚形 yu2 xing2 - dumpling shape
  • 院生 yuan4 sheng1 - insei

Z

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. The true notation for the tones are actually yīng, yáng, shǎng and , but for the ease of data entry, they are written as ying1, yang2, shang3 and qu4 instead. Also, ü is often entered as v.

% unkx80: There is a fifth (light) tone, which I shall not mention here for now.

[1]: Shi is an especially interesting concept from a Chinese point of view as this monograph shows: Geo-Strategic Lessons from Go


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