弈 (yì): ancient name for go (Chinese board game)
弈 (yì) is a Chinese character meaning “ancient name for go (chinese board game).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亦 (phonetic) and 廾 (semantic). It ranks #2994 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 弈 hands. Its radical form 廾 (hands joined) appears in many related characters such as 开 (kāi, to open (transitive or intransitive)), 弄 (nòng, to do), 弃 (qì, to abandon).
Definitions
- ancient name for go (Chinese board game)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博弈论 | bó yì lùn | game theory |
| 博弈 | bó yì | games (such as chess, dice etc) |
| 对弈 | duì yì | to play go, chess etc |
| 零和博弈 | líng hé bó yì | zero-sum game (economics) |
弈 appears in 4 compound words: 0 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 弈 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
弈字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
yì zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "弈" is written is quite unique and has left a deep impression on me.
二十年博弈终达成“技术妥协”:韩国批准谷歌(GOO...
èr shí nián bó yì zhōng dá chéng jì shù tuǒ xié : hán guó pī zhǔn gǔ gē ( G O O . . .
Twenty years of gaming finally reached a "technical compromise": South Korea approved Google (GOO...
【大国博弈】美国就是否取消中国的永久正常贸易关系地...
dà guó bó yì měi guó jiù shì fǒu qǔ xiāo zhōng guó de yǒng jiǔ zhèng cháng mào yì guān xì dì . . .
The United States will cancel China's permanent normal trade relations...
九州博弈瓦解赌风未歇 高雄博弈机房拥枪2月洗钱上...
jiǔ zhōu bó yì wǎ jiě dǔ fēng wèi xiē gāo xióng bó yì jī fáng yōng qiāng 2 yuè xǐ qián shàng . . .
The collapse of the game in Kyushu has not stopped, and the Kaohsiung gaming computer room has a gun to launder money in February...
...新股改革回顾 ——“大包围”失效 资本博弈定胜负
. . . xīn gǔ gǎi gé huí gù — — dà bāo wéi shī xiào zī běn bó yì dìng shèng fù
... Review of IPO reform - the "big encirclement" fails, and the capital game determines the winner
“友谊”管道中断背后的博弈:能源战与欧盟扩员之争
yǒu yì guǎn dào zhōng duàn bèi hòu de bó yì : néng yuán zhàn yǔ ōu méng kuò yuán zhī zhēng
The game behind the interruption of the "friendship" pipeline: the energy war and the dispute over EU expansion
在大博弈期间，阿富汗是一个缓冲国。
Zài dà bóyì qījiān, āfùhàn shì yī gè huǎnchōng guó.
During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.
问题不是政治不纯洁，而是整个政治博弈已经腐朽。
Wèntí bù shì zhèngzhì bù chúnjié, érshì zhěnggè zhèngzhì bóyì yǐjīng fǔxiǔ.
The trouble is not with impure politics, but that the whole game of politics is rotten.
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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