- minus; to subtract
- first class; top; world best
- Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2]
- Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player
- the game of Go
- great master; master
- 水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- chess skill
- lit. walking alone; prominent; unrivalled; outstanding
- (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
- opposing sides (in chess etc); position (of opposing forces)
- ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
- to lose to (sb); to be outdone by
- feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
- (sports) member of the national team; national representative; (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
- to sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detect
- rank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
- to appear; to look; form; shape
- our side; one's own (side etc)
- to take advantage of the new situation (idiom); to make the best of new opportunities
- 落子 lào zi: 落子 lao4 zi5: see 蓮花落|莲花落[lian2 hua1 lao4]落子 lùo zǐ: 落子 luo4 zi3: to place a stone on the board (in Go)
- to pretend; to feign
- to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review
- error; mistaken idea; falsehood
- ancient name for go (Chinese board game)
- to play fast and loose with the law; to game the system; (leisure) rules of the game; way of doing an activity; (tourism) way of experiencing a place
- lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched; roughly comparable (opponents)
- a draw (in competition); a tie
- to mind; to brood over; to be concerned about
- a professional
- throughout time; from ancient times (up to the present)
- so far; to date; until now
- lost game; losing battle
- (after completing a game of chess) to replay the game, analyzing the players' moves; (stock market) to resume trading