怎么说 "to play"
In Mandarin, how does one say "to play;" as in "I wish to play a game of chess"

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There are many ways of saying 'play' in Chinese depending on what you want to play.

For example: If you want to play football you say 踢足球 - 提 here takes the meaning 'play'. If you want to play tennis you say 打网球 - 打 here takes the meaning 'play'. If you want to play computer games you use 玩 - 玩电脑游戏. Play chess can be said a few ways: 对弈, 下棋， 对局， 玩 and so on.

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Play chess 下西洋棋 
play : "下"棋 / "走"棋 / "行"棋 / "玩"棋