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Transliteration from Mandarin 圍棋／围棋 (wéiqí, literally “encirclement board game”) via Hanyu Pinyin.
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weiqi
Today it means: 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. Full definition →