球 (qiú) means Ball (sphere). Below are 24 of the 44 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
月亮围绕地 球 转。
Yuèliang wéirào dìqiú zhuàn.
The moon revolves around the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 围绕
他乒乓 球 打得很好。
Tā pīngpāngqiú dǎ de hěn hǎo.
He plays table tennis very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 乒乓球
他每周打两次网 球 。
Tā měi zhōu dǎ liǎng cì wǎngqiú.
He plays tennis twice a week.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 网球
她羽毛 球 打得很好。
Tā yǔmáoqiú dǎ de hěn hǎo.
She plays badminton very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 羽毛球
球 从桌上滚了下来。
Qiú cóng zhuō shàng gǔn le xiàlái.
The ball rolled off the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 滚
球 迷们在场外等着。
Qiúmímen zài chǎng wài děng zhe.
The fans are waiting outside the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 球迷
这支 球 队防守很稳。
Zhè zhī qiúduì fángshǒu hěn wěn.
This team defends very solidly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 防守
这支 球 队实力很强。
Zhè zhī qiúduì shílì hěn qiáng.
This team is very strong.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 实力
弟弟每天下午打篮 球 。
Dìdi měi tiān xiàwǔ dǎ lánqiú.
My younger brother plays basketball every afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 打篮球
下午我们去踢足 球 吧。
Xiàwǔ wǒmen qù tī zúqiú ba.
Let's go play football this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 踢足球
地 球 是我们共同的家。
Dìqiú shì wǒmen gòngtóng de jiā.
The Earth is our shared home.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 地球
我们下午打乒乓 球 吧。
Wǒmen xiàwǔ dǎ pīngpāngqiú ba.
Let us play table tennis this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 乒乓球
舅舅带我去看了 球 赛。
Jiùjiu dài wǒ qù kàn le qiúsài.
My uncle took me to a ball game.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 舅舅
地 球 上陆地比海洋少。
Dìqiú shàng lùdì bǐ hǎiyáng shǎo.
There is less land than sea on the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陆地
这场 球 赛看得真过瘾。
Zhè chǎng qiúsài kàn de zhēn guòyǐn.
That match was a real thrill to watch.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过瘾
球 队开场就占了气势。
Qiúduì kāichǎng jiù zhàn le qìshì.
The team seized the momentum from the kick-off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气势
弟弟和同学一起踢足 球 。
Dìdi hé tóngxué yìqǐ tī zúqiú.
My younger brother plays football with his classmates.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 踢足球
几个小伙子在操场打 球 。
Jǐ ge xiǎohuǒzi zài cāochǎng dǎ qiú.
A few young men are playing ball on the sports ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 小伙子
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球 appears in 44 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 球
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Questions about 球
How is 球 used in a sentence?
This page shows 44 sentences using 球 (qiú, "Ball (sphere)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 球 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 球 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 球?
The dictionary page for 球 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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