中国象棋里面的单词用英语怎么说

Xiangqiisatwo-playerChineseboardgameinthesamefamilyasWesternchess.Thepresent-dayformofXiangqioriginatedinChinaandisthereforecommonlycalledChinesechessinEnglish.ThefirstcharacterXiangherehasthemeaningimageorrepresentational,henceXiangqicanbeliterallytranslatedasrepresentationalchess.ThegameissometimescalledelephantchessafteranalternativemeaningofXiangaselephant.

Xiangqihasalonghistory.Thoughitspreciseoriginshavenotyetbeenconfirmed,theearliestliteraryreferencecomesfromthe9thcentury.

Xiangqiisoneofthemostpopularboardgamesintheworld.DistinctivefeaturesofXiangqiincludetheuniquemovementofthepao(cannon)piece,aruleprohibitingthegenerals(similartochesskings)fromfacingeachotherdirectly,andtheriverandpalaceboardfeatures,whichrestrictthemovementofsomepieces.棋子的名称：

2Rooks(R)(orchariots)车

2Knights(N)(orhorses)马

2Elephants(M)(orbishopsorministers)象

2Mandarins(G)(oradvisorsorassistantsorguards)士

1King(K)(orgenerals)将

2Cannons(C)炮

5Pawns(P)(orsoldiers)卒

这里有一些各种棋子的走动规则：

Rooks

TheRookmovesasanorthodoxRook.

Knights

TheKnightmovesonepointorthogonallyfollowedbyonepointoutward-diagonally.Itmaynotleapoveroccupiedpoints.

Elephants

TheElephantmovesexactlytwopointsdiagonally.Itmaynotleapoveroccupiedpoints.Also,Elephantsareconfinedtotheirhomesideoftheriver.Duetotheselimitations,theElephantcanseeonlysevenpointsoftheboard.

Mandarins

TheMandarin(orGuard)movesonepointdiagonally.Itmayneverleavethepalace.

KingorGeneral

TheKingmovesasanorthodoxKing,butcannotmovediagonally.Itmayneverleavethepalace.(SeeKingformoreinformation.)[ThesymbolsonredandblackKingsdiffer,buttheirmovesarethesame.]

ThetwoKingscannotfaceeachotheronanopenfile.Forexample,aredKingone1andablackKingone9,withnopieceonthee-filebetweenthem,isanillegalposition.IfeitherKingsitsexposedonanopenfile,theotherKingmaynotmovetooccupythatfile.

Cannons(Pao)

TheCannonmovesdifferentlywhenitmovestocapturethanwhenitmovespassively.

TheCannonmovespassivelyasanorthodoxRook

TheCannonmovestocaptureasanorthodoxRookwhichisrequiredtohopoverasinglescreen.

Inotherwords,Cannonscapturebyhopingoverasecondpieceinordertocaptureathirdpiece.Forexample,aCannonona1cantakeapieceonf1whenexactlyoneofthepointsb1,c1,d1,ore1isoccupiedbyapieceofeithercolor.Cannonsonlycapturewhenhopingandonlyhopwhencapturing.Theymayneverhopovermorethanonepieceinagivenmove.

Pawns

UnlikeorthodoxPawns,theXiangqiPawn'spassivemoveandcapturemovearealwaysthesame.AstartingPawnmovesonepointstraight-forward.APawncrossingtheriverpromotes,keepingitsoldmoveandgaininganewmove--aone-pointsteptoeitherhorizontal.Pawnsdonotpromoteonthelastrank,wheretheycanmoveonlyleftorright.