xiangqi

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 象棋 (xiàngqí). Doublet of shogi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːŋ.t͡ʃi/

xiangqi (uncountable)

1. Chinese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in China.
   • 2001, Jean-Louis Cazaux, “Is Chess a Hybrid Game?”, in netcologne.de‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 October 2005, page 12:

     What I have tried to do here is to draw a consistent frame which could explain most characteristics of both Xiangqi and Chess ludic structures.

• Chinese chess

• shogi
• janggi