棋盘 (qí pán) — chessboard; board for a board game | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

chessboardboard for a board game

Measure word · 个

Examples

棋盘。
Tā mǎi le yì zhāng xīn de mù zhì qí pán.
He bought a new wooden chessboard.
棋盘。
Guó jì xiàng qí de qí pán yǒu liù shí sì gè gé zi.
A chessboard has sixty-four squares.
棋盘。
Hái zi men bǎ qí pán fàng zài zhuō shàng jiù kāi shǐ xià qí.
The children put the board on the table and started playing chess.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

棋 names the game, and 盘 names the flat board on which it is played.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木其棋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwooden

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí棋qí

Same sound today

棋 has 木 on the left, showing it was made of wood, and 其 on the right gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 盤; 盘 is its simplified writing.

般皿盤

Meaning part形符xíngfú

皿皿mǐn

Sound part声符shēngfú

般

般bān盤pán

Same sound today

The traditional form 盤 pairs 般, which gives the sound, with 皿, a vessel. This note is about 盤, not the simplified 盘.

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