weiqi

English

Alternative forms

• Weiqi

Etymology

Transliteration of Mandarin 圍棋／围棋 (wéiqí, literally “encirclement board game”) via Hanyu Pinyin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weɪˈtʃiː/

Noun

weiqi (uncountable)

1. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.

   Synonyms: go, baduk

   • [2011, Henry Kissinger, On China‎^[1], New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 103–104:

     Mao was determined to prevent encirclement by any power or combination of powers, regardless of ideology, that he perceived as securing too many wei qi “stones’’ surrounding China, by disrupting their calculations.]