棋子在棋盤游戲中，如在國際象棋或西洋跳棋中所使用的任何一個子 Any of the pieces used in a board game, such as chess or checkers.
她把國際象棋的棋子擺在棋盤上了。 She set out the pieces on the chess-board.
兵，小卒價值最小的棋子，一次可向前移一方格或在第一步可移兩格，只能吃對方靠對角線前方的一個子，當?shù)竭_第八級時可升為除王以外的任何一棋子 A chess piece of lowest value that may move forward one square at a time or two squares in the first move, capture other pieces only on a one-space diagonal forward move, and be promoted to any piece other than a king upon reaching the eighth rank.
