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qiú

HSK 1 · word 298 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

Example sentence

把球传给我。

bǎ qiú chuán gěi wǒ

Roll the ball to me.

The character 球

has the jade radical on its left and for the sound: something round and polished. Every ball game builds on it — 篮球, 排球, 网球, 打球 — and 地球 is the ball we live on, with 全球 for global.

Words containing 球

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