| 1 | 棋 | 棊 | qí | qi2 | chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; Classifiers: 盘 ; variant of 棋 ; variant of 棋 | | |
| 2 | 陆战棋 | 陸戰棋 | lù zhàn qí | lu4 zhan4 qi2 | see 军棋 | | |
| 3 | 着棋 | 著棋 | zhuó qí | zhuo2 qi2 | to play chess | | |
| 4 | 棋手 | 棋手 | qí shǒu | qi2 shou3 | chess player | | |
| 5 | 棋赛 | 棋賽 | qí sài | qi2 sai4 | chess game | | |
| 6 | 棋谱 | 棋譜 | qí pǔ | qi2 pu3 | kifu (record of a game of go or shogi) | | |
| 7 | 棋盘 | 棋盤 | qí pán | qi2 pan2 | chessboard | | |
| 8 | 棋具 | 棋具 | qí jù | qi2 ju4 | checkers (board and pieces for go 围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc) | | |
| 9 | 棋局 | 棋局 | qí jú | qi2 ju2 | state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard | | |
| 10 | 棋格状 | 棋格狀 | qí gé zhuàng | qi2 ge2 zhuang4 | checkered pattern; chessboard | | |
| 11 | 棋高一着 | 棋高一著 | qí gāo yī zhāo | qi2 gao1 yi1 zhao1 | to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent | | |
| 12 | 棋逢对手 | 棋逢對手 | qí féng duì shǒu | qi2 feng2 dui4 shou3 | to be evenly matched; to meet one's match | | |
| 13 | 棋逢敌手 | 棋逢敵手 | qí féng dí shǒu | qi2 feng2 di2 shou3 | see 棋逢对手 | | |
| 14 | 臭棋 | 臭棋 | chòu qí | chou4 qi2 | blunder (in chess) | | |
| 15 | 陆军棋 | 陸軍棋 | lù jūn qí | lu4 jun1 qi2 | see 军棋 | | |
| 16 | 军棋 | 軍棋 | jūn qí | jun1 qi2 | land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego | | |
| 17 | 举棋不定 | 舉棋不定 | jǔ qí bù dìng | ju3 qi2 bu4 ding4 | to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally | | |
| 18 | 井字棋 | 井字棋 | jǐng zì qí | jing3 zi4 qi2 | tic-tac-toe | | |
| 19 | 将棋 | 將棋 | jiàng qí | jiang4 qi2 | Japanese chess (shōgi) | | |
| 20 | 悔棋 | 悔棋 | huǐ qí | hui3 qi2 | to withdraw a move (chess) | | |
| 21 | 和棋 | 和棋 | hé qí | he2 qi2 | draw or tie in chess etc; Classifiers: 盘 | | |
| 22 | 国棋 | 國棋 | guó qí | guo2 qi2 | abbr. for 国际象棋 , chess | | |
| 23 | 国际象棋 | 國際象棋 | guó jì xiàng qí | guo2 ji4 xiang4 qi2 | chess; Classifiers: 副 | | |
| 24 | 国际跳棋 | 國際跳棋 | guó jì tiào qí | guo2 ji4 tiao4 qi2 | checkers (Western board game) | | |
| 25 | 国际棋联 | 國際棋聯 | guó jì qí lián | guo2 ji4 qi2 lian2 | International Chess Federation | | |