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Hsiang chi (chee). This is how to pronounce it, the pinyin xiangqi does not give any clue. See Wikipedia for expansion...

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Chinese Checkers and Chinese Chess, or (Xiangqi) are both real games, but they're different games.

The related links below explain them both in more detail.

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