球
Meaning
- ball
- sphere
- globe
Measure word
个 gè
Example sentence
把球传给我。
Roll the ball to me.
The character 球
球 has the jade radical on its left and 求 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
- 打球 dǎ qiú to play ball
- 地球 dì qiú the earth
- 篮球 lán qiú basketball
- 排球 pái qiú volleyball
- 球场 qiú chǎng stadium
- 球队 qiú duì sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
- 球鞋 qiú xié athletic shoes
- 网球 wǎng qiú tennis
- 球迷 qiú mí fan (ball sports)
- 全球 quán qiú the whole world
- 足球 zú qiú soccer; football
- 气球 qì qiú balloon