Chinese Go Terms

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An older version of this list of Chinese Go Terms is mirrored [ext] here.

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The romanization given in this Chinese Go Terms list is in Hanyu Pinyin. If the simplified characters and the traditional characters for a Chinese term are different, then the traditional characters will be listed in parentheses. If you have a Chinese term in characters, do not read Chinese, and want to find its meaning, copy the characters and paste them into the window at the website [1] and you will get the pinyin version which you can look up in the list below.

Terms marked with an asterisk (*) have meanings that are not specific to Go.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

  • 赖皮劫 (賴皮劫) lài pí jié - many move approach ko
  • 拦 (攔) lán - checking extension; prevent opponent's advance*
  • 拦逼 (攔逼) lán bī - checking extension
  • 烂柯 (爛柯) làn kē - ranka
  • 老师 (老師) lǎo shī - teacher*
  • 类型 (類型) lèixíng – pattern, type*
  • 冷着 (冷著) lěng zhāo - unexpected move
  • 利 lì - profit*
  • 立 lì - descent; stand
  • 利用 lì yòng - make use*
  • 连 (連) lián - connect; continuous*
  • 连扳 (連扳) lián bān - double hane
  • 连环劫 (連環劫) lián huán jié - double ko
  • 连接 (連接) lián jiē - connect*
  • 联棋 (聯棋) lián qí - pair go
  • 两分 (兩分) liǎng fēn - equal*
  • 劣势 (劣勢) liè shì - inferior*
  • 裂型 (裂型) liè xíng - split shape
  • 龙 (龍) lóng - dragon*
  • 漏着 (漏著) lòu zhāo - oversight
  • 落子 luò zǐ - playing stone on board

M

N

P

Q

R

S

T

W

X

Y

  • 压 (壓) yā - push down*
  • 压力 (壓力) yā lì - pressure*
  • 延气 (延氣) yán qì - increase liberties
  • 眼 yǎn - eye*
  • 眼位 yǎn wèi - eye potential; eye space
  • 眼形 yǎn xíng - eye shape; eye space
  • 妖刀 yāo dāo - magic sword
  • 摇橹劫 (搖櫓劫) yáo lǔ jié - double ko
  • 要点 (要點) yào diǎn - vital point
  • 要子 yào zǐ - key stones
  • 业余 (業餘) yè yú - amateur*
  • 一方地 yī fāng dì - one-sided territory
  • 一间拆 (一間拆) yī jiān chāi - one-space extension
  • 一间跳 (一間跳) yī jiān tiào - one-space jump
  • 一手劫 yī shǒu jié - direct ko
  • 一子解双征 (一子雙双征) yī zǐ jiě shuāng zhēng - dual ladder breaker
  • 疑问手 (疑問手) yí wèn shǒu - questionable move
  • 弈棋 yì qí - play game*
  • 引征 yǐn zhēng - ladder breaker
  • 赢 (贏) yíng - win*
  • 应氏 (應氏) yìng shì - ing's
  • 硬腿 yìng tuǐ - first line descent
  • 优势 (優勢) yōu shì - superior*
  • 有利 yǒu lì - advantageous*
  • 有眼杀无眼 (有眼殺無眼) yǒu yǎn shā wú yǎn - eye kills no eye
  • 有眼杀瞎 (有眼殺瞎) yǒu yǎn shā xiā - eye kills no eye
  • 右 yòu - right*
  • 余味 (餘味) yú wèi - aji
  • 愚形 yú xíng - dumpling shape
  • 宇宙流 yǔ zhòu liú - cosmic style
  • 原则 (原則) yuán zé - principle*
  • 院生 yuàn shēng - insei

Z

  • 枣 (zǎo) - jujube (Chinese Date Wood)*
  • 扎钉 (扎釘) zhá dīng - iron pillar*
  • 长 (cháng​) - stretch
  • 胀牯牛 (脹牯牛) zhàng gǔ niú - oshitsubushi
  • 胀死牛 (脹死牛) zhàng sǐ niú - oshitsubushi
  • 着 (著) zhāo - move
  • 真眼 zhēn yǎn - real eye
  • 镇 (鎮) zhèn - capping play
  • 镇神头 (鎮神頭) zhèn shén tóu - dual ladder breaker
  • 镇头 (鎮頭) zhèn tóu - capping play
  • 证 , 证书 ; zhèng, zhèngshū - (Dan grade?) certificate, rank diploma
  • 征 zhēng - ladder
  • 争棋 (爭棋) zhēng qí - official challenge match
  • 征子 zhēng zǐ - ladder
  • 征子劫 zhēng zǐ jié - ladder ko
  • 整体 (整體) zhěng tǐ - chain
  • 整型 zhěng xíng - settle
  • 正解 zhèng jiě - solution*
  • 正确 (正確) zhèng què - correct*
  • 证书 (證書) zhèng shū - certificate*
  • 正着 (正著) zhèng zhāo - proper move
  • 指导棋 (指導棋) zhí dǎo qí - teaching game
  • 直二 zhí èr - straight two
  • 直三 zhí sān - straight three
  • 直四 zhí sì - straight four
  • 职业 (職業) zhí yè - professional*
  • 只此一手 zhǐ cǐ yī shǒu - only move
  • 治孤 zhì gū - managing isolated weak group
  • 中 zhōng - center*
  • 钟 (鐘) zhōng - clock*
  • 中腹 zhōng fù - center*
  • 中国流 (中國流) zhōng guó liǔ - chinese opening
  • 中级 (中級) zhōng jí - intermediate level*
  • 中盘 (中盤) zhōng pán - middle game
  • 终盘 (終盤) zhōng pán - endgame
  • 中心 zhōng xīn - center*
  • 中央 zhōng yāng - center*
  • 中原 zhōng yuán - center*
  • 重 zhòng - heavy*
  • 主动 (主動) zhǔdòng - (to take the) initiative*
  • 专业 (專業) zhuān yè - professional*
  • 转换 (轉換) zhuǎn huàn - exchange*
  • 装倒扑 (裝倒撲) zhuāng dào pū - a move that threatens a snapback
  • 装劫 (裝劫) zhuāng jié - a move that threatens a ko
  • 撞气 (撞氣) zhuàng qì - reduce self liberties
  • 追 zhuī - chase*
  • 追捕 zhuī bǔ - chase*
  • 子 zǐ - stone; unit in chinese counting
  • 自然流 zì rán liú - natural style
  • 自杀 (自殺) zì shā - suicide*
  • 左 zuǒ - left*
  • 左右同形 zuǒ yòu tóng xíng - symmetrical position
  • 做活 zuò huó - make life
  • 做劫 zuò jié - create ko
  • 作战 zuòzhàn - combat*
  • 做棋 zuo4 qi2 - 'arranging stones' - phase for counting (Chinese Rules)

When you encounter two characters with the same Hanyu Pinyin romanization, it is possible that they represent different Chinese characters with the same pronunciation.

There are four main tones in Hanyu Pinyin (yīng, yáng, shǎng, ), as well as a light tone. The light tone has no diacritical tone marks. Due to the difficulty in entering the diacritical tone marks in computers, it is common to see the them replaced by numbers in the form ying1, yang2, shang3 and qu4. Also, ü is often entered as v or uu for the same reason.


Footnotes

[1] [ext] Fantizi to jiantizi converter: this is also a character-to-pinyin converter, move the mouse over any Chinese word to see the reading and definition.

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

[3] Source for translations:

e.g. 计算 jìsuàn = to count / to calculate / to compute (traditional: 計算)


See also:


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