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The '''cars''' (Chinese: 車/俥 pinyin: chē (car or chariot) begin the game on the points at the corners of the board. The car moves and captures any distance orthogonally, but may not jump over intervening pieces.  The chariot is often considered to be the strongest piece in the game due to its freedom of movement and lack of restrictions. The car is sometimes known as the rook by English-speaking players, since it is like the rook in Western chess.
 
The '''cars''' (Chinese: 車/俥 pinyin: chē (car or chariot) begin the game on the points at the corners of the board. The car moves and captures any distance orthogonally, but may not jump over intervening pieces.  The chariot is often considered to be the strongest piece in the game due to its freedom of movement and lack of restrictions. The car is sometimes known as the rook by English-speaking players, since it is like the rook in Western chess.
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In the context of Chinese Chess, all of these characters are pronounced as jū, (instead of the common pronunciation chē).
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In the context of Chinese Chess, both of these characters are pronounced as jū.
    
===The Cannons===
 
===The Cannons===
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