🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ちゅんじー【象棋】 : chunjii | define meaning
chunjii
Pronunciation: [t͡ɕun̩d͡ʑi]
Definition
Noun
- (Game) Xiangqi; Chinese chess; elephant chess
Etymology
Ultimately from Chinese 【象棋】 "Xianqi" (cf. Mandarin xiàngqí; Cantonese zoeng6 kei4-2 and zoeng6 kei4; Eastern Min chiông-gì; Hokkien chhiūⁿ-kî, chhiǔⁿ-kî and chhiōⁿ-kî), reconstructed for Middle Chinese as *zjangX gi. Most likely borrowed from Eastern Min (Fuzhou).
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Chessmen. Choónjee" and "Play, to, at chess. Choónjee óchoong".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 象棋 |
| Kana | ちゅんじー |
| Romanization | chunjii |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [t͡ɕun̩d͡ʑi] |
意味：シャンチー【象棋】、ちゅうごくしょうぎ【中国将棋・中国象棋】
Categories:
象棋
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 9). ちゅんじー【象棋】 : chunjii | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8036/chunjii/.