qiú

ball; sphere

HSK 1

1Stroke Order Animation

0 strokes

2Readings & Meanings

  • qiúball; sphere; globe

3Structure

Left-right structure左右结构

is built from 2 parts.

4Common Words with

足球zú qiú

football; soccer

篮球lán qiú

basketball

乒乓球pīng pāng qiú

table tennis; ping-pong

气球qì qiú

balloon

桌球zhuō qiú

billiards; table tennis (Taiwan)

球队qiú duì

sports team

5Example Sentences

他喜欢打篮球。

tā xǐ huān dǎ lán qiú。

He likes playing basketball.

月亮是一个球体。

yuè liàng shì yī gè qiú tǐ。

The moon is a sphere.

我们周末一起去打球。

wǒ mén zhōu mò yī qǐ qù dǎ qiú。

Let us go play ball together on the weekend.

他每天下午去打球。

tā měi tiān xià wǔ qù dǎ qiú。

He goes to play ball every afternoon.

Other Characters Pronounced “qiu”