博弈

See also: 博奕

Chinese

		extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble	Chinese chess game
trad. (博弈)		博	弈
simp. ^#(博弈)		博	弈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bóyì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ jik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bóyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bóyì
  - Wade–Giles: po²-i⁴
  - Yale: bwó-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boryih
  - Palladius: бои (boi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    駁議 / 驳议
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok³ jik⁶
  - Yale: bok yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ jɪk̚²/

Middle Chinese: pak yek

Rime
Character	博	弈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	補各切	羊益切
Baxter	pak	yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwɑk̚/	/jiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑk̚/	/jiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑk̚/	/iæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwak̚/	/jiajk̚/
Li Rong	/puɑk̚/	/iɛk̚/
Wang Li	/puɑk̚/	/jĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pwɑk̚/	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok³	jik⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤak [ɢ](r)Ak/

(Zhengzhang): /*paːɡ laːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	博	弈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ pak ›	‹ yek ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁak/	/*[ɢ](r)Ak/
English	broad	uneasy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	博	弈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3474	14997
Phonetic component	甫	亦
Rime group	鐸	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	博	繹
Old Chinese	/*paːɡ/	/*laːɡ/

Noun

博弈

games; gambling; contest

Verb

博弈

(Classical) to play Go; to play chess
to gamble
(figurative) to engage in a geopolitical contest
大國博弈／大国博弈 ― dàguó bóyì ― a geopolitical contest between great powers

Synonyms

(to play chess):

Dialectal synonyms of 下棋 (“to play chess”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		弈棋, 對弈, 行棋
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下棋, 對弈, 博弈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下棋
	Taiwan	下棋
	Harbin	下棋
	Singapore	下棋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下棋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下棋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下棋
	Wanrong	下棋
	Xi'an	下棋
	Xining	下棋
	Xuzhou	來棋, 下棋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下棋
	Lanzhou	下棋
	Ürümqi	下棋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下棋
	Wuhan	下棋, 走棋
	Guiyang	下棋
	Guilin	下棋
	Liuzhou	動棋, 下棋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	下棋
	Yangzhou	下棋
	Nantong	著棋
	Hefei	下棋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉棋
	Hong Kong	捉棋, 玩棋 uncommon or dated
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	捉棋
	Macau	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	捉棋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	捉棋
	Foshan	捉棋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	捉棋
	Foshan (Shunde)	捉棋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	捉棋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	捉棋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	捉棋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	捉棋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	捉棋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	捉棋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	作棋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	作棋
	Taishan	作棋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	硩棋
	Enping (Niujiang)	作棋
	Heshan (Yayao)	捉棋
	Dongguan	捉棋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	捉棋
	Yangjiang	下棋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	捉棋
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	捉棋, 搞棋
Gan	Nanchang	走棋, 下棋
	Lichuan	走棋
	Pingxiang	捉棋, 動棋
Hakka	Meixian	捉棋仔, 捉棋
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	作棋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	作棋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	作棋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	捉棋
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	著棋
	Liannan	著棋
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	作棋
	Jiexi	著棋
	Changting	下棋
	Wuping	著棋
	Ninghua	著棋
	Yudu	動棋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	行棋仔, 作棋子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	作棋仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	行棋仔, 作棋子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	行棋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	行棋仔, 行棋, 作棋子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	行棋
	Hong Kong	捉棋
	Senai (Huiyang)	著棋
Huizhou	Jixi	下棋
Jin	Taiyuan	下棋
Jin	Xinzhou	下棋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下棋, 行棋, 動棋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	行棋
	Fuqing	行棋
	Matsu	行棋
Southern Min	Xiamen	行棋
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	行棋
	Quanzhou	行棋
	Jinjiang	行棋
	Zhangzhou	行棋
	Taipei	行棋
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	行棋
	Kaohsiung	行棋
	Yilan	行棋
	Changhua (Lukang)	行棋
	Taichung	行棋
	Taichung (Wuqi)	行棋
	Tainan	行棋
	Taitung	行棋
	Hsinchu	行棋
	Kinmen	行棋
	Penghu (Magong)	行棋
	Penang (Hokkien)	行棋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	行棋
	Manila (Hokkien)	行棋
	Chaozhou	行棋, 著棋
	Shantou	行棋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	掠棋
	Singapore (Teochew)	行棋
	Leizhou	走棋
	Haikou	走棋, 落棋
Puxian Min	Putian	行棋, 摲棋, 駛棋
Puxian Min	Xianyou	行棋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	喐棋, 動棋
Wu	Shanghai	著棋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	著棋
	Suzhou	著棋
	Danyang	走棋, 著棋
	Hangzhou	下棋, 走棋
	Ningbo	著棋, 著棋子
	Wenzhou	著棋, 走棋
	Jinhua	走棋, 著棋
Xiang	Changsha	下棋, 走棋, 動棋
	Loudi	下棋, 動棋
	Shuangfeng	動棋

Derived terms

博弈論 / 博弈论 (bóyìlùn)
零和博弈 (línghé bóyì)