跳棋

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	any chess-like game or game requiring strategy
simp. and trad. (跳棋)		跳	棋
Literally: “jumping chess”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiàoqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tiu³ kei^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiau¹ kei^3*

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàoqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàocí
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: tyàu-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawchyi
    • Palladius: тяоци (tjaoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ kei^4-2
    • Yale: tiu kéi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ kei^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ kéi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ kʰei̯²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiau¹ kei^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiau³³ kʰei²²⁻²²⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-kî
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiao'kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ ki²³/

Noun

跳棋

1. Chinese checkers
2. checkers; draughts

Synonyms

• (Chinese checkers):

Dialectal synonyms of 跳棋 (“Chinese checkers”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跳棋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	跳棋
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	跳棋
	Nanning (Wuming)	跳棋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	波子棋
	Taishan	跳棋
	Nanning	跳棋
	Nanning (Tanka)	跳棋
Gan	Pingxiang	跳棋
Jin	Taiyuan	跳棋
Southern Min	Xiamen	跳棋
	Quanzhou	跳棋
	Zhangzhou	跳棋
Wu	Danyang	跳棋
Xiang	Loudi	跳子棋

• (checkers): 西洋跳棋 (xīyáng tiàoqí)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: geizdiuq (calque)