Comprehensive Chinese Weiqi Terms - 圍棋大詞典

The following is a complete list of Chinese Weiqi terms with its definitions.

• 白 bái - white*
• 白方 bái fāng - white player*
• 败 (敗) bài - failure*
• 败着 (敗著) bài zhāo - losing move
• 扳 bān - hane
• 扳断 bān duàn - hane through
• 板六 bǎn liù - rectangular six
• 半劫 bàn jié - half-point ko
• 棒接 bàng jiē - pole connection
• 包围 (包圍) bāo wéi - surround*
• 薄 báo - thin*
• 保留 bǎoliú - retain; preserve*
• 抱吃 bào chī - capturing technique by atari
• 本身劫 běn shēn jié - local ko threat
• 本身劫材 běn shēn jié cái - local ko threat
• 本手 běn shǒu - proper move
• 笨重 bèn zhòng - heavy*
• 崩 bēng - collapse*
• 崩溃 (崩潰) bēng kuì - collapse*
• 逼 bī - checking extension
• 鼻顶 (鼻頂) bí dǐng - nose tesuji
• 比气 (比氣) bǐ qì - capturing race
• 比赛 (比賽) bǐ sài - tournament*
• 边 (邊) biān - side*
• 变化 (變化) biàn huà - variation*
• 变相中国流 (變相中国流) biàn xiàng zhōng guó liǔ - mini chinese opening
• 变形中国流 (變形中國流) biàn xíng zhōng guó liǔ - mini chinese opening
• 变着 (變著) biàn zhāo - unusual play
• 并 (並) bìng - horizontal stretch
• 步调 bù diào - logical order of moves (moving reasonably, beneficially, and with restraint)
• 补强 (補强) bǔ qiáng - reinforce*
• 布局 (佈局) bù jú - opening
• 不利 bù lì - disadvantageous*
• 不入 bù rù - suicide
• 不入子 bù rù zǐ - suicide
• 不提三目 bù tí sān mù - three points without capturing
• 不提五目 bù tí wǔ mù - five points without capturing
• 猜先 cāi xiān - guessing the stones (Nigiri: random color choice before the game)
• 猜子 cāi zǐ - guessing the stones (Nigiri: random color choice before the game)
• 参考 (參考) cān kǎo - reference*
• 残忍 cánrěn - bloody or merciless*
• 拆 chāi - extension
• 拆逼 chāi bī - checking extension
• 拆二 chāi èr - two-space extension
• 拆三 chāi sān - three-space extension
• 拆四 chāi sì - four-space extension
• 拆五 chāi wǔ - five-space extension
• 拆一 chāi yī - one-space extension
• 缠绕 (纏繞) chánrǎo - harassment technique
• 长 (長) cháng - stretch
• 长考 (長考) cháng kǎo - think for a long time
• 长气 (長氣) cháng qì - increase liberties
• 长生 (長生) cháng shēng - eternal life
• 场合定式 (場合定式) chǎng hé dìng shì - situational joseki
• 超大飞 (超大飛) chāo dà fēi - very large knight's move
• 超高目 chāo gāo mù - 4-6 point
• 超时负 / 超时 (超時) chāo shí fù ​ - lose by time
• 超时胜 chāo​ shí​ shèng​ - win on time
• 成功 chéng gōng - success*
• 成立 chéng lì - possible*
• 秤砣 chèng tuó - two-stone edge squeeze
• 吃 chī - capture
• 吃亏 (吃虧) chī kuī - loss*
• 持棋 chí qí - jigo
• 冲 (衝) chōng - push through
• 重复 (重複) chóng fù - overconcentrated
• 初段 chū duàn - 1 dan
• 初级 (初級) chū jí - beginner level*
• 出头 (出頭) chū tóu - getting ahead
• 刺 cì - peep
• 次序 cì xù - sequence*
• 错误 (錯誤) cuò wù - mistake*
• 错小目 (錯小目) cuò xiǎo mù - rotating 3-4 points
• 搭 dā - attach
• 打 dǎ - atari
• 打吃 dǎ chī - atari
• 打二还一 (打二還一) dǎ èr huán yī - capture two recapture one
• 打挂 (打掛) dǎ guà - adjourn game
• 打劫 dǎ jié - ko
• 打入 dǎ rù - invasion
• 打三还一 (打三還一) dǎ sān huán yī - capture three recapture one
• 大 dà - large*
• 大场 (大場) dà chǎng - big point
• 大飞 (大飛) dà fēi - large knight's move
• 大局感 dà jú gǎn - whole board thinking
• 大龙 (大龍) dà lóng - dragon*
• 大模样 (大模樣) dà mó yàng - large-scale framework
• 大盘 (大盤) dà pán - large board (19x19)
• 大棋盘 (大棋盤) dà qí pán - large board (19x19)
• 大伸腿 dà shēn tuǐ - large monkey jump
• 大头鬼 (大頭鬼) dà tóu guǐ - two-stone edge squeeze
• 大雪崩 (da4 xue3 beng1) - large avalanche
• 大压梁 (dà yā liáng) - Da Ya Liang
• 大眼 dà yǎn - eye with two or more spaces
• 大猪嘴 (大豬嘴) dà zhū zuǐ - j group
• 带钩 (帶鈎) dài gōu - long l group
• 单关 (單關) dān guān - one-space jump
• 单官 (單官) dān guān - neutral point
• 单劫 (單劫) dān jié - half-point ko
• 单行道 (單行道) dān xíng dào - one-way street*
• 挡 (擋) dǎng - block*
• 刀把五 dāo bǎ wǔ - bulky five
• 刀板五 dāo bǎn wǔ - bulky five
• 刀柄五 dāo bìng wǔ - bulky five
• 刀五 dāo wǔ - bulky five
• 倒扑 (倒撲) dào pū - snapback
• 倒贴 (倒貼) dào tiē - reverse komi
• 倒脱靴 (倒脫靴) dào tuō xuē - under the stones
• 低 dī - low*
• 敌 (敵) dí - enemy*
• 抵 dĭ - hold up; push against, to support, to resist*
• 抵抗 dǐkàng - to resist; resistance*
• 敌人 (敵人) dí rén - enemy*
• 地 dì - territory*
• 地盘 (地盤) dì pán - territory*
• 地域 dì yù - territory*
• 点 (點) diǎn - placement; point
• 点方 (點方) diǎn fāng - eye-stealing tesuji
• 点角 (點角) diǎn jiǎo - corner invasion
• 点目 (點目) diǎn mù - counting
• 点眼 (點眼) diǎn yǎn - placement inside opponent's eye
• 调子(調子) diào zi - choshi
• 丁四 dīng sì - farmer's hat; pyramid four
• 顶 (頂) dǐng - bump
• 定式 dìng shì - joseki
• 定型 dìng xíng - settle
• 东坡棋 (東坡棋) dōng pō qí - mirror go
• 斗方 (鬥方) dǒu fāng - carpenter's square
• 读秒 (讀秒) dú miǎo - byo-yomi
• 渡 dù - bridge under
• 断 (斷) duàn - cut*
• 段 duàn - dan
• 对策 (對策) duìcè - countermeasure*
• 对局 (對局) duì jú - play game*
• 对杀 (對殺) duì shā - capturing race
• 对弈 (對弈) duì yì - play game*
• 遁 dùn - to escape, flee (逃遁 táodùn); (disappear)*
• 多元劫 duō yuán jié - multiple ko
• 恶手 (惡手) è shǒu - bad move
• 二间拆 (二間拆) èr jiān chāi - two-space extension
• 二间跳 (二間跳) èr jiān tiào - two-space jump
• 二连星 (二連星) èr lián xīng - ni ren sei
• 二手劫 èr shǒu jié - two-step ko
• 发展 (發展) fā zhǎn - develop*
• 法 fǎ method, way (also 下法 xiàfǎ)*
• 反扳 fǎn bān - counter hane
• 反打 fǎn dǎ - counter atari
• 反攻 fǎn gōng - counter attack
• 反击 (反擊) fǎn jī - counter attack
• 反夹 (反夾) fǎn jiā - counter pincer
• 反提 fǎn tí - recapture
• 方法 fāng fǎ - technique*
• 方四 fāng sì - square four
• 方向 fāng xiàng - direction*
• 方形 fāng xíng - mouth shape
• 防 fáng - defend*
• 防守 fáng shǒu - defend*
• 飞 (飛) fēi - knight's move
• 飞刀 (飛刀) - fēi dāo - (question : meaning = joseki hamete? || comment: I think no; this is an exception to a joseki, but quite well-prepared when played in a actual game; usually contains traps if you consider a joseki as "correct")
• 飞压 (飛壓) fēi yā - press
• 废着 (廢著) fèi zhāo - useless move
• 废子 (廢子) fèi zǐ - useless stones
• 分投 fēn tóu - splitting move
• 分先 fēn xiān - even game
• 封 fēng - seal in*
• 封手 fēng shǒu - sealed move
• 封锁 (封鎖) fēng suǒ - seal in*
• 浮棋 fú qí - floating stones
• 浮子 fú zǐ - floating stones
• 负 (負) fù - lose*
• 复盘 (復盤) fù pán - game review
• 概念 gài niàn - concept*
• 感觉 (感覺) gǎn jué - feeling*
• 高 gāo - high*
• 高级 (高級) gāo jí - advanced level*
• 高目 gāo mù - 4-5 point
• 根据 (根據) gēn jù - base*
• 根据地 (根據地) gēn jù dì - base*
• 攻 gōng - attack*
• 攻击 (攻擊) gōng jī - attack*
• 共气 (gòng​qì​) - shared liberty
• 公气 (公氣) gōng qì - shared liberty
• 攻守 gōng shǒu - attack and defence*
• 共活 gòng huó - seki
• 孤棋 gū qí - floating stones
• 挂角 (掛角) guà jiǎo - corner approach
• 拐 guǎi - bend*
• 怪着 (怪著) guài zhāo - ghost move
• 关 (關) guān - one-space jump
• 官子 guān zǐ - endgame
• 龟甲 (龜甲) guī jiǎ - tortoise shell
• 规则 (規則) guī zé - rules*
• 鬼手 guǐ shǒu - ghost move
• 滚包 (滾包) gǔn bāo - squeeze
• 滚打 (滾打) gǔn dǎ - squeeze
• 滚打包收 (滾打包收) gǔn dǎ bāo shōu - squeeze
• 过分 (過分) guò fèn - overplay
• 国手 (國手) guóshǒu - national champion*
• 韩国流布局 (Hán​guó​liú​bù​jú​) - Korean Fuseki
• 好点 (好點) hǎo diǎn - good point
• 和棋 hé qí - draw*
• 黑 hēi - black*
• 黑方 hēi fāng - black player*
• 黑先 hēi xiān - Black plays first*
• 厚 hòu - thick*
• 后悔 (後悔) hòu huǐ - regret*
• 后面推车 (後面推車) hòu miàn tuī chē - pushing from behind
• 厚实 (厚實) hòu shí - thick*
• 厚势 (厚勢) hòu shì - influence*
• 后 (後) hòu - after; later*
• 后手 (後手) hòu shǒu - gote
• 后手劫 (後手劫) hòu shǒu jié - a ko in which the opponent makes the first capture
• 后续手段 (後續手段) hòu xù shǒu duàn - follow-up
• 后中先 (後中先) hòu zhōng xiān - gote with hidden sente
• 虎 hǔ - tiger's mouth
• 虎口 hǔ kǒu - tiger's mouth
• 互破 hù pò - mutual damage
• 互围 (互圍) hù wéi - mutual surrounding of territory
• 花见劫 (花見劫) huā jiàn jié - picnic ko
• 花六 huā liù - rabbity six
• 花五 huā wǔ - crossed five
• 还原 (還原) huán yuán - transposition
• 缓 (緩) huǎn - slow*
• 缓慢 (緩慢) huǎn màn - slow*
• 缓气劫 (緩氣劫) huǎn qì jié - approach ko
• 缓气征吃 (huǎnqì zhēngchī) - loose ladder (full name)
• 缓手 (緩手) huǎn shǒu - slow
• 缓征 (緩徵) huǎn zhēng - loose ladder
• 缓征子 (緩徵子) huǎn zhēng zǐ - loose ladder
• 黄莺 扑 蝶 huángyīng pū dié - a yellow oriole captures the butterly = a 1st-line capturing technique
• 回手 huí shǒu - take back*
• 回提 huí tí - recapture
• 悔棋 huǐ qí - take back*
• 活棋 huó qí - living group
• 急 jí - urgent*
• 级 (級) jí - kyu
• 急所 jí suǒ - urgent point
• 挤 (擠) jǐ - bump into diagonal; choke; atekomi
• 技巧 jì qiào - technique*
• 计算 (計算) jìsuàn: to count / to calculate / to compute; calculation; (reading/analysis)*
• 佳 jiā - excellent*
• 夹 (夾) jiā - clamp; pincer
• 枷 jiā - net
• 枷吃 jiā chī - net
• 夹攻 jiā​ gōng​ - pincer
• 假劫 jiǎ jié - false ko threat
• 假双活 (假雙活) jiǎ shuāng huó - false seki
• 假眼 jiǎ yǎn - false eye
• 假眼活 jiǎ yǎn huó - two-headed dragon
• 尖 jiān - diagonal
• 尖冲 (尖衝) jiān chōng - shoulder hit
• 尖顶 (尖頂) jiān dǐng - diagonal attachment
• 坚实 (堅實) jiān shí - solid
• 见合 (見合) jiàn hé - miai
• 教 jiāo - teach*
• 交叉点 (交叉點) jiāo chā diǎn - point
• 交点 (交點) jiāo diǎn - point
• 焦点 (焦點) jiāo diǎn - focal point*
• 交换 (交換) jiāo huàn - exchange*
• 角 jiǎo corner (angle, horn-shaped)*
• 叫吃 jiào chī - atari
• 教师 (教師) jiào shī - teacher*
• 教室 jiào shì - classroom*
• 基本功 jī běn gōng - fundamentals*
• 接不归 (接不歸) jiē bù guī - connect and die
• 劫 jié - ko
• 劫材 jié cái - ko threat
• 结果 (結果) jié guǒ - result*
• 劫活 jié huó - live by ko
• 诘棋 (詰棋) jié qí - life and death problem
• 劫杀 (劫殺) jié shā - kill by ko
• 劫争 jié zhēng - ko fight
• 解答 (jiě dá) - answer, solution*
• 金柜角 (金櫃角) jīn guì jiǎo - carpenter's square
• 金鸡独立 (金雞獨立) jīn jī dú lì - double shortage of liberties also known as Golden Chicken Standing on One Leg
• 紧 (緊) jǐn - tight*
• 紧带钩 (緊帶鈎) jǐn dài gōu - long l group without outside liberties
• 紧劫 (緊劫) jǐn jié - direct ko
• 紧气 (緊氣) jǐn qì - reduce liberties
• 紧气劫 (緊氣劫) jǐn qì jié - direct ko
• 禁着点 (禁著點) jìn zhāo​ diǎn - illegal point
• 净吃 (淨吃) jìng chī - unconditional kill (净= clean, only)
• 净活 (淨活) jìng huó - unconditional life
• 净杀 (淨殺) jìng shā - unconditional death
• 净死 (淨死) jìng sǐ - unconditional death
• 救 jiù - rescue; save*
• 聚 jù - placement inside opponent's eye
• 俱乐部 (俱樂部) jù lè bù - club*
• 聚六 jù liù - six-space killable eye shape
• 聚三 jù sān - three-space killable eye shape
• 聚四 jù sì - four-space killable eye shape
• 聚五 jù wǔ - five-space killable eye shape
• 决战 juézhàn - decisive battle*
• 诀窍 ( 訣竅 ) jué qiào - secrets of success / tricks of the trade*
• 卡眼 kǎ yǎn - falsify eye
• 开拆 (開拆) kāi chāi - extension
• 开花 (開花) kāi huā - ponnuki
• 开劫 (開劫) kāi jié - create ko
• 开局 (開局) kāi jú - opening
• 看花劫 kàn huā jié - picnic ko
• 抗 kàng - to resist, fight; to oppose to defy*
• 靠 kào - attach one line higher than enemy stone
• 空 kōng - empty*
• 空间 (空間) kōng jiān - space*
• 空三角 kōng sān jiǎo - empty triangle
• 空 kòng - territory*
• 跨 kuā - attach at waist of knight's move
• 跨断 (跨斷) kuā duàn - waist cut
• 快 kuài - fast*
• 快棋 kuài qí - blitz game
• 宽 (寬) kuān - loose; wide*
• 宽带钩 (寬帶鈎) kuān dài gōu - long l group with outside liberties
• 宽气 (寬氣) kuān qì - increase liberties
• 宽气劫 (寬氣劫) kuān qì jié - approach ko
• 亏 (虧) kuī - loss*
• 亏损 (虧損) kuī sǔn - loss*
• 扩大 (擴大) kuò dà - enlarge; expand*
• 扩张 (擴張) kuò zhāng - enlarge; expand* 
• 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*
• 两頭蛇 (兩頭蛇) liǎng tóu shé - two-headed dragon (literally, "two-headed snake")
• 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
• 内气 (內氣) nèi qì - liberties surrounded exclusively by one player's stones
• 逆官子 nì guān zǐ - reverse endgame move
• 逆先 nì xiān - reverse sente
• 逆先手 nì xiān shǒu - reverse sente
• 逆转 (逆轉) nì zhuǎn - overturn game
• 粘 nián - connect*
• 凝形 níng xíng - overconcentrated shape
• 扭断 (扭斷) niǔ duàn - crosscut
• 扭十字 niǔ shí zì - crosscut
• 扭十字长一方 (扭十字長一方) niǔshízì cháng yīfāng - extend in a crosscut
• 扭羊头 (扭羊頭) niǔ yáng tóu - ladder
• 爬 pá - crawl*
• 盘渡 (盤渡) pán dù - bridge under
• 盘角板六 (盤角板六) pán jiǎo bǎn liù - rectangular six in the corner
• 盘角曲四 (盤角曲四) pán jiǎo qǔ sì - bent four in the corner
• 抛劫 (拋劫) pāo jié - throw-in ko
• 配合 pèi hé - coordination*
• 碰 pèng - attach to the side
• 便宜 pián yí - profit*
• 骗着 (騙著) piàn zhāo - trick play, hamete
• 平衡 píng héng - balance*
• 破 pò - break*
• 剖析 - pōuxī dissection / self-analysis
• 破解 pòjiè - solution, answer to a problem*
• 扑 (撲) pū - throw in
• 葡萄六 pú tao liù - rabbity six
• 谱 (譜) pǔ - game record
• 普通 pǔ tōng - common*
• 欺着 (欺著) qī zhāo - trick play, hamete
• 棋板 qí bǎn - go board
• 棋风 (棋風) qí fēng - playing style
• 棋盒 qí hé - stone container
• 棋筋 qí jīn - key stones
• 棋精 qí jīng - key stones
• 棋理 qí lǐ - go theory
• 棋力 qí lì - strength in go
• 棋盘 (棋盤) qí pán - go board
• 棋谱 (棋譜) qí pǔ - game record
• 棋石 qí shí - stone
• 棋手 qí shǒu - player*
• 棋书 (棋書) qí shū - go book
• 棋院 qí yuàn - go institute
• 棋钟 (棋鐘) qí zhōng - clock*
• 棋子 qí zǐ - stone
• 弃 (棄) qì – abandon, to discard, throw away
• 弃子(棄子) qìzǐ - sacrifice
• 气 (氣) qì - liberty
• 气合 (氣合) qì hé - fighting spirit
• 气紧 (氣緊) qì jǐn - shortage of liberties
• 浅消 (淺消) qiǎn xiāo - erasure
• 墙 (牆) qiáng - wall*
• 强 (強) qiáng - strong
• 墙壁 (牆壁) qiáng bì - wall*
• 强棋 (強棋) qiáng qí - strong group
• 巧手 qiǎo shǒu - clever move
• 巧着 (巧著) qiǎo zhāo - clever move
• 切断 (切斷) qiè duàn - cut*
• 侵消 qīn xiāo - erasure
• 轻 (輕) qīng - light*
• 侵入 qīng rù - invasion
• 轻盈 (輕盈) qīng yíng - light*
• 求活 qiú huó - make life
• 曲 qǔ - bend
• 曲尺 qǔ chě - carpenter's square
• 曲三 qǔ sān - bent three
• 曲四 qǔ sì - bent four
• 觑 (覷) qù - peep
• 权利 quán lì - privilege
• 确认 quèrèn - confirm/verify (indicates a diagram showing why the correct answer works)*
• 让子 (讓子) ràng zǐ - handicap
• 让子棋 (讓子棋) ràng zǐ qí - handicap game
• 认输 (認輸) rèn shū - resign*
• 弱 ruò - weak*
• 弱棋 ruò qí - weak group
• 三间拆 (三間拆) sān jiān chāi - three-space extension
• 三间跳 (三間跳) sān jiān tiào - three-space jump
• 三劫 sān jié - triple ko
• 三劫循环 (三劫循環) sān jié xún huán - triple ko
• 三连星 (三連星) sān lián xīng - san ren sei
• 三目正中 sān mù zhèng zhōng - center of three stones
• 三三 sān sān - 3-3 point
• 三手劫 sān shǒu jié - two-move approach ko
• 三子正中 sān zǐ zhèng zhōng - center of three stones
• 杀 (殺) shā - kill*
• 杀棋 (殺棋) shā qí - kill
• 杀气 (殺氣) shā qì - capturing race
• 上 shàng - upper*
• 上级 (上級) shàng jí - advanced level*
• 上下同形 shàng xià tóng xíng - symmetrical position
• 稍 shāo - somewhat; a little*
• 伸气 (伸氣) shēn qì - increase liberties
• 伸腿 shēn tuǐ - monkey jump
• 生死劫 shēng sǐ jié - all-dominating ko
• 胜 (勝) shèng - win*
• 胜负手 (勝負手) shèng fù shǒu - all-or-nothing move
• 胜着 (勝著) shèng zhāo - winning move
• 失败 (失敗) shī bài - failure*
• 实地 (實地) shí dì - solid territory
• 十番棋 shí fān qí - ten-game match
• 实接 (實接) shí jiē - solid connection
• 石塔 shí tǎ - two-stone edge squeeze
• 实战 (實戰) shí zhàn - actual game situation
• 实战手 (實戰手) shí zhàn shǒu - situational move
• 势 (勢) shì - influence*
• 室 shì - house; room*
• 势力 (勢力) shì lì - influence*
• 试应手 (試應手) shì yìng shǒu - probe
• 收官 shōu guān - play endgame
• 收官子 shōu guān zǐ - play endgame
• 收后 (收後) shōu hòu - last play
• 收气 (收氣) shōu qì - reduce liberties
• 守 shǒu - defend*
• 手 shǒu - move
• 手段 shǒu duàn - technique*
• 手割 shǒu gē - reorder sequence
• 守角 shǒu jiǎo - corner enclosure
• 手筋 shǒu jīn - tesuji
• 手顺 (手順) shǒu shùn - sequence
• 手谈 (手談) shǒu tán - hand talk
• 授子 shǒu zǐ - handicap
• 授子棋 shǒu zǐ qí - handicap game
• 书 (書) shū - book*
• 输 (輸) shū - lose*
• 书本 (書本) shū běn - book*
• 数目法 shǔmù​​fǎ​ - territory scoring
• 数子法 shǔ​zǐ​fǎ​ - area scoring
• 梳形 shū xíng - comb formation
• 梳形板六 shū xíng bǎn liù - comb formation
• 双 (雙) shuāng - bamboo joint
• 双吃 (雙吃) shuāng chī - double atari
• 双打 (雙打) shuāng dǎ - double atari
• 双打吃 (雙打吃) shuāng dǎ chī - double atari
• 双倒扑 (雙倒撲) shuāng dào pū - double snapback
• 双方 (雙方) shuāng fāng - both sides*
• 双飞燕 (雙飛燕) shuāng fēi yàn - 4-4 point double low approach
• 双挂 (雙掛) shuāng guà - double approach
• 双活 (雙活) shuāng huó - seki
• 双叫吃 (雙叫吃) shuāng jiào chī - double atari
• 双劫 (雙劫) shuāng jié - double ko
• 双征 (shuāng zhēng) - double ladder
• 顺序 (順序) shùn xù - sequence*
• 死活 sǐ huó - life and death
• 死活题 (死活題) sǐ huó tí - life and death problem
• 死棋 sǐ qí - dead group
• 死子 sǐ zǐ - dead stone
• 四间拆 (四間拆) sì jiān chāi - four-space extension
• 四角穿心 sì jiǎo chuān xīng - occupying four corners and center
• 四劫 sì jié - quadruple ko
• 四劫循环 (四劫循環) sì jié xún huán - quadruple ko
• 四连星 (四連星) sì lián xīng - yon ren sei
• 松 (鬆) sōng - slack*
• 松气 (鬆氣) sōng qì - increase liberties
• 松气劫 (鬆氣劫) sōng qì jié - approach ko
• 俗手 sú shǒu - crude move
• 随手 (隨手) suí shǒu - hasty move
• 随手棋 (隨手棋) suí shǒu qí - hasty move
• 损 (損) sǔn - loss*
• 损劫 (損劫) sǔn jié - losing ko threat
• 损失 (損失) sǔn shī - loss*
• 顺序 (順序) sùn xù - sequence*
• 弹性 (彈性) tán xìng - flexibility*
• 搪 táng - block*
• 套劫 tāo jié - two stage ko
• 逃 táo - escape*
• 逃遁 táodùn - to escape, to run away, flee*
• 逃生 táo shēng - escape*
• 腾挪 (騰挪) téng nuó - sabaki
• 提 tí - remove from board
• 提劫 tí jié - taking the ko
• 提子 tí zǐ - remove from board
• 天王山 tiān wáng shān - tennouzan
• 天下大劫 tiān xià dà jié - all-dominating ko
• 天下劫 tiān xià jié - all-dominating ko
• 天元 tiān yuán - tengen
• 跳 tiào - jump*
• 贴目 (貼目) tiē mù - komi
• 铁柱 (鐵柱) tiě zhù - iron pillar*
• 挺 tǐng - push up; stand*
• 投降 tóu xiáng - resign*
• 投子 tóu zǐ - resign
• 透点 (透點) tòu diǎn - placement
• 图 (圖) tú - diagram*
• 退 tuì - pull back
• 托 tuō - underneath attachment
• 脱出 tuō​chū​ - escape, break out
• 脱骨 (脫骨) tuò gǔ - under the stones
• 脱先 (脫先) tuò xiān - tenuki
• 挖 wā - wedge
• 外目 wài mù - 3-5 point
• 外气 (外氣) wài qì - outside liberty
• 弯三 (彎三) wān sān - bent three
• 弯四 (彎四) wān sì - bent four
• 万年劫 (萬年劫) wàn nián jié - ten thousand year ko
• 围 (圍) wéi - surround*
• 围棋 (圍棋) wéi qí - go
• 尾巴 wěi bā - tail*
• 味道 wèi dào - aji
• 文凭 (文憑) wén píng - diploma
• 稳当 (穩當) wěndang - stable; firm*
• 问应手 (問應手) wèn yìng shǒu - probe
• 乌龟不出头 (烏龜不出頭) wū guī bù chū tóu - crane's nest
• 无理 (無理) wú lǐ - overplay
• 无忧劫 (無憂劫) wú yōu jiě - picnic ko
• 五子棋 wú zǐ qí - gomoku narabe
• 五间拆 (五間拆) wǔ jiān chāi - five-space extension
• 五连星 (五連星) wǔ lián xīng - go ren sei
• 五五 wǔ wǔ - 5-5 point
• 细棋 (細棋) xì qí - close game
• 瞎劫 xiā jié - false ko threat
• 下 xià - lower*
• 下法 xiàfǎ - method*
• 先 xiān - before; first*
• 先手 xiān shǒu - sente
• 先手劫 xiān shǒu jié - a ko in which the player makes the first capture
• 先手利 xiān shǒu lì - forcing move
• 先中后 (先中後) xiān zhōng hòu - sente with hidden gote
• 陷阱 xiànjǐng - a trap*
• 象步 xiàng bù - elephant's move
• 象步飞 (象步飛) xiàng bù fēi - elephant's move
• 象飞 (象飛) xiàng fēi - elephant's move
• 向小目 xiàng xiǎo mù - facing 3-4 points
• 象眼 xiàng yǎn - center of elephant's move
• 消劫 xiāo jié - ending the ko
• 小 xiǎo - small*
• 小飞 (小飛) xiǎo fēi - knight's move
• 小尖 xiǎo jiān - diagonal
• 小林流 xiǎo lín liú - kobayashi opening
• 小目 xiǎo mù - 3-4 point
• 小盘 (小盤) xiǎo pán - small board (13x13 or smaller)
• 小棋盘 (小棋盤) xiǎo qí pán - small board (13x13 or smaller)
• 小伸腿 xiǎo shēn tuǐ - small monkey jump
• 小猪嘴 (小豬嘴) xiǎo zhū zuǐ - tripod group with extra leg
• 效果 xiào guǒ - effect; result*
• 效率 xiào lǜ - efficiency*
• 新布局 (新佈局) xīn bù jú - new opening
• 新手 xīn shǒu - new move
• 星 xīng - star point
• 星位 xīng wèi - star point
• 形 xíng - shape*
• 形势 (形勢) xíng shì - situation*
• 形势判断 (形勢判斷) xíng shì pàn duàn - positional judgement
• 形状 (形狀) xíng zhuàng - shape*
• 秀策流 xiù cè liú - shusaku opening
• 虚手 (虛手) xū shǒu - pass
• 虚着 (虛著) xū zháo - pass
• 序盘 (序盤) xù pán - opening
• 学生 (學生) xué shēng - student*
• 雪崩 xuě bēng - avalanche*
• 循环劫 (循環劫) xún huán jié - double ko
• 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
• 眼气 (yǎn qì) - eye liberties
• 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
• 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)