Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 球

ball
sphere
globe
CL:個／个 (gè)
ball game
match
CL:場／场 (chǎng)

cue ball (in pool etc)

eyeball
(fig.) attention

lawn bowls
bocce
pétanque
bowling ball

sports star (ball sport)

blood corpuscle
hemocyte

ball sports

(sports) high ball; lob
golf (abbr. for 高爾夫球／高尔夫球 (gāoērfuqiu))

match-fixing

olfactory bulb (anatomy)

to perform a drop shot (tennis etc)
drop shot

billiards

cue (billiards)
club (golf)
stick (hockey)

spheroid

tennis
tennis ball
CL:個／个 (gè)

(sport) club
bat

(sports) to steal
to intercept the ball

(a nation's or an individual's) citizenship of the planet

(sports) to pass the ball

to dribble (basketball, soccer etc)

(tennis etc) to serve
(golf) to tee off

racket

ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock

Luzon, island of the Philippines
the Ryukyu islands

see 球磨機／球磨机 (qiúmójī)

cricket (ball game)
also called 板球 (bǎnqiú)

the moon

the earth

(math.) ellipsoid

variant of 琉球 ( Liúqiú), Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島／琉球群岛 ( Liúqiú Qúndǎo) stretching from Japan to Taiwan

around the world
worldwide

ball (made of rubber, leather etc)

athletic shoes

to score a goal
goal (sport)

sliding tackle (soccer)

(sport) to chop
to cut

to smash a ball
to spike

soccer ball
a football
CL:個／个 (gè)
soccer
football

to bat
to hit a ball (sport)

(ball sports) to lose a match

(ball sports) to win a match

softball

bastard
wretch
scoundrel

kung fu balls

core
pellet
central bulge
caryosphere (biology)

(ball sports) dead ball

(ball sports) game; match
CL:場／场 (chǎng)

croquet
goal ball (served by the goal keeper)

(ball sports) player

sphere

(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill

stadium
sports ground
court
pitch
field
golf course
CL:個／个 (gè),處／处 (chù)

(sports) arena

to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc)
to catch a ball thrown by sb

billiards
billiards ball
pool (game)

penalty kick

dangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc)

to spike the ball (volleyball etc)
to smash (tennis etc)

fairway (golf)
lane (ten-pin bowling)

pin (ten-pin bowling)

Ryūkyū
refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島／琉球群岛 ( Liúqiú Qúndǎo) stretching from Japan to Taiwan
Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan

(ball sports) good shot!
nice hit!
well played!

coccidia (biology)

ball
sphere
globe

(baseball or cricket) bat
hockey stick

croquet

cotton ball
swab
tampon

volleyball
CL:個／个 (gè)

celestial sphere

cue ball (in billiards)

coccus (spherical bacteria pathogen)

tee (golf)

to play marbles

corner kick (in soccer)
free strike in hockey

goalmouth (in soccer)

sphere

spike (volleyball)

to play ball
to play with a ball

shot put (athletics event)

net (for ball games)

person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents)
(esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment

to score a goal
goal

ice hockey
puck

shower puff
bath sponge
bath ball (containing aromas or salts)

snowball

(athletics) hammer
hammer throw

baseball
CL:個／个 (gè),隻／只 (zhī)

club (golf)
cue (billiards)
also written 球桿／球杆 (qiúgān)

ball valve

squash (sport)

fan (ball sports)
CL:個／个 (gè)

season (of baseball, football etc)

ball boy (tennis)
caddie (golf)

(ball) sports betting

to watch a football game (or other ball game)
Fore! (golf)
Watch out for the ball!

(soccer) header

sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls
see also 小球 (xiǎoqiú)

team handball

table tennis
table tennis ball (Tw)
billiards
pool
snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia)

(ball sports) player; team member

pompon

(sports) to dribble

(sports) trajectory of the ball
method of dispatching the ball (e.g. in baseball: curveball, slider, fastball etc)

water polo

the whole world
worldwide; global

hemisphere

to concede points (in a game)

spherical aberration (optics)

sepak takraw (sport)

ballsports club (e.g. golf, football etc)

variant of 混球 (húnqiú)

sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)

ball sense
feel for the ball

spherical; ball-shaped

(math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature

(baseball) fastball
(fig.) (coll.) direct; frank; upfront; blunt

pine cone

celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body

ball (in sport, incl. billiards)

badminton
shuttlecock

(sports) to fumble the ball

cricket (ball game)

sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls
see also 大球 (dàqiú)

charcoal briquette

table (for games using balls)

basketball
CL:個／个 (gè),隻／只 (zhī)

polo

balloon

(ball game) enthusiast (player)
golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc)

open ball (math.)
to start a ball game
to kick off (soccer)
to tee off (golf)

to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score)
to throw a game

penalty shot
penalty kick (in sports)

shuǐqiúchǎng

water polo pool

a sliced ball (tennis or table tennis)

shower puff
bath sponge
bath ball (containing aromas or salts)

globalization

(sports) jai alai; cesta punta
ball used in this sport

hollow ball
(basketball) swish shot

stymie (golf)

football fan

yo-yo (loanword)

white blood cell
leukocyte

(loanword) teqball

(table tennis) edge ball
(fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable

sháoqiúchǎng

golf course

hydrangea

tchoukball (loanword)

jai alai (sports)

Clematis montana

badminton
shuttlecock

Western Hemisphere

to hit the ball lightly (sport)
putt (golf)

field hockey

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)

xuánzhuǎnqiú

spin ball

globulin

dodgeball

the Eastern Hemisphere
the Old World

globalization

Southern Hemisphere

zhēngqiúxiàn

scrimmage line (American football)

trackball (computing)

glomerulus (medicine)

baseball fan

variant of 混球兒／混球儿 (húnqiúr)

bīngqiúchǎng

ice hockey rink

(baseball) breaking ball
(fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events

hot air balloon

lacrosse

shuāngqiújūn

diplococcus

prolate spheroid (math.)

inside cut (golf)
(math.) inscribed sphere
insphere

pachinko

basketball court

ball mill

erythrocyte
red blood cell

teeing ground (golf)

gonococcus
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the pathogen causing gonorrhea

Mycosphaerella (genus of sac fungus, a plant pathogen)

Golden Globe Award

ten-pin bowling
bowling ball
(baseball etc) ground ball

sinker (baseball) (loanword)

Northern Hemisphere

rubber ball

global village

free kick

globe

nine-ball (billiards game)

battledore and shuttlecock
shuttlecock

(golf) birdie

tennis match
tennis competition
CL:場／场 (chǎng)

see 鐵球／铁球 (tiěqiú)

steradian (math.)

soccer team

global
worldwide

golf course
golf links

iron pellet
shrapnel

globe

game-fixing
to fix games

mothball

table tennis
ping-pong
table tennis ball
CL:個／个 (gè)

net ball
let (tennis etc)

Ryūkyū Sea
refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島／琉球群岛 ( Liúqiú Qúndǎo) stretching from Japan to Taiwan

tater tot

foul tip

highball

ball cactus

camphor balls
moth balls

erhua variant of 混球 (húnqiú)

ten-pin bowling (loanword)
bowling ball

soccer match
soccer competition

moon buggy

rebound (basketball)

own goal (ball sports)

yo-yo (loanword)

stainless steel scourer

billiards table

marbles

to kick a ball around
(fig.) to mutually shirk responsibility
to pass the buck

lottery machine

football field
soccer field

ball within bounds (sports)
in
fair ball (baseball)

streptococcus (genus of bacteria)

Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)

Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan

(baseball, cricket etc) batter

crystal ball

scouring ball

wǎngqiúchǎng

tennis court

throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)
(fig.) to make overtures
to court

football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)

qiúmiànjǐhé

spherical geometry

dìqiúhuàxué

geochemistry

zhūliànqiújūn

pig streptococcus
streptococcus suis

shìsuānxìngqiú

eosinophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell)

Liúqiú Qúndǎo

the Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa)

dōngxībànqiú

East and West hemispheres

quánqiúnuǎnhuà

global warming (Taiwan and Hong Kong usage)
written 全球變暖／全球变暖 in PRC

shíxīnpíqiú

medicine ball

Liúqiúwángguó

Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)

jiéqiúgānlán

cabbage

dǎcābiānqiú

to bend the rules
to skirt around the issue

rèliánqiújūn

Streptococcus thermophilus

(bird species of China) Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori)

zúqiúxiéhuì

soccer association; soccer federation

huāshìzúqiú

freestyle soccer

gāo'ěrfūqiú

golf
golf ball

dìqiúcíchǎng

earth's magnetic field

Zúqiú Xiéhuì

Chinese Football Association

Huánqiú Chàngpiàn

Universal Records

zàoxíngqìqiú

balloon modeling
balloon twisting

dìqiúguǐdào

Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth)
Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth around the Sun)

zhěnggèdìqiú

the whole world

mángrénménqiú

goalball (Paralympic sport)

staphylococcus

qiúchǎnghuìguǎn

clubhouse (golf)

huánqiúlüxíng

journey around the world

dēnglùyuèqiú

to land on the moon

quánqiú'éryán

globally; worldwide

shātānpáiqiú

beach volleyball

Xīngqiú Dàzhàn

Star Wars

qiúyágānlán

Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)

quánqiúqìhòu

global climate

jīqiúdànbái

myosin (biochemistry)

xiàxuánxiāoqiú

(golf, tennis) undercut

nánzǐlánqiú

men's basketball

qiúlìyǔnshí

chondrite (type of meteorite)

Měishìzúqiú

American football

jiāochāyùnqiú

crossover dribble (basketball)

geophysics

shìjiǎnxìngqiú

basophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell)

Liúqiú Qúndǎo

Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa 沖繩／冲绳 ( Chōngshéng) and other islands of modern Japan

pīngpāngqiútái

table-tennis table

yǔmáoqiúchǎng

badminton court

tiānqiúchìdào

celestial equator

pīngpāngqiúpāi

ping-pong paddle

Liúqiújiǎoxiāo

(bird species of China) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)

Huánqiú Shíbào

Global Times (weekly digest of international news from People's Daily 人民日報／人民日报 ( Rénmín Rìbào))

earth science

quánqiúbiànnuǎn

global warming (PRC usage)
written 全球暖化 in Taiwan

qiúzhuàngdànbáizhì

球状蛋白质

[球狀蛋白質]

globular protein

Aòshìgǎnlǎnqiú

澳式橄榄球

[澳式橄欖球]

Australian rules football; Aussie rules

dìqiúwùlǐxué

地球物理学

[地球物理學]

geophysics

fèiyánshuāngqiújūn

肺炎双球菌

[肺炎雙球菌]

Diplococcus pneumoniae

cānkǎotuǒqiútǐ

参考椭球体

[參考橢球體]

reference ellipsoid (geodesy)

qiúbāozǐjūnbìng

球孢子菌病

[球孢子菌病]

Coccidioidomycosis

gāo'ěrfūqiúchǎng

高尔夫球场

[高爾夫球場]

golf course

jiǎxíngqiúdànbái

甲型球蛋白

[甲型球蛋白]

alpha globulin
alpha fetoprotein (AFP)

Yīngshìgǎnlǎnqiú

英式橄榄球

[英式橄欖球]

rugby

Huǒxīngzhuàng Dìqiú

火星撞地球

[火星撞地球]

clash that leaves both sides shattered

dǎgāo'ěrfūqiú

打高尔夫球

[打高爾夫球]

to play golf

Měishìgǎnlǎnqiú

美式橄榄球

[美式橄欖球]

American football

zhūliànqiújūnbìng

猪链球菌病

[豬鏈球菌病]

streptococcus suis (swine-borne disease)

quánqiúzīxùnwǎng

全球资讯网

[全球資訊網]

world wide web
WWW

quánqiúdìngwèixìtǒng

全球定位系统

[全球定位系統]

global positioning system (GPS)

huánqiúdìngwèixìtǒng

环球定位系统

[環球定位系統]

global positioning system (GPS)

Quánqiú Fāzhǎn Zhōngxīn

全球发展中心

[全球發展中心]

Center for Global Development (an environmental think tank)

Huánqiú Yīnyuè Jítuán

环球音乐集团

[環球音樂集團]

Universal Music Group

Xiānggǎng Zúqiú Zǒnghuì

香港足球总会

[香港足球總會]

Hong Kong Football Association

quánqiúqìhòushēngwēn

全球气候升温

[全球氣候升溫]

global warming

qiúshānzhènlièfēngzhuāng

球栅阵列封装

[球柵陣列封裝]

ball grid array (BGA), type of microchip package

hóngxuèqiúshēngchéngsù

红血球生成素

[紅血球生成素]

erythropoietin (EPO)

yànkùqiúbāozǐjūn

厌酷球孢子菌

[厭酷球孢子菌]

Coccidioides immitis

quánqiúqìhòubiànnuǎn

全球气候变暖

[全球氣候變暖]

global warming

Bāshí Tiān Huányóu Dìqiú

八十天环游地球

[八十天環遊地球]

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納／儒勒·凡尔纳 ( Rúlè· Fán'ěrnà)

pútáoqiújūnchángdúsù

葡萄球菌肠毒素

[葡萄球菌腸毒素]

staphylococcal enterotoxin

Yàzhōu Zúqiú Liánhéhuì

亚洲足球联合会

[亞洲足球聯合會]

Asian Football Confederation

Guójì Zúqiú Liánhéhuì

国际足球联合会

[國際足球聯合會]

FIFA
International Federation of Association Football

Guójì Yǔmáoqiú Liánhéhuì

国际羽毛球联合会

[國際羽毛球聯合會]

International Badminton Federation

Shànghǎi Huánqiú Jīnróng Zhōngxīn

上海环球金融中心

[上海環球金融中心]

Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper

Běijīng Huánqiú Jīnróng Zhōngxīn

北京环球金融中心

[北京環球金融中心]

Beijing World Financial Center, skyscraper

Tiānjīn Huánqiú Jīnróng Zhōngxīn

天津环球金融中心

[天津環球金融中心]

Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower
abbr. to 津塔 ( Jīntǎ)

quánqiúwèixīngdǎohángxìtǒng

全球卫星导航系统

[全球衛星導航系統]

Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS
abbr. to 格洛納斯／格洛纳斯

quánqiúwèizhìcèdìngxìtǒng

全球位置测定系统

[全球位置測定系統]

GPS (Global Positioning System)

Zhōngguó Dìqiú Wùlǐ Xuéhuì

中国地球物理学会

[中國地球物理學會]

Chinese Geophysical Society

liánzhuànghóngxuèqiúpínxuèzhèng

镰状红血球贫血症

[鐮狀紅血球貧血症]

sickle-cell anemia

Zhíyè Gāo'ěrfūqiú Xiéhuì

职业高尔夫球协会

[職業高爾夫球協會]

Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)

Wēnbù'ěrdēng Wǎngqiú Gōngkāisài

温布尔登网球公开赛

[溫布爾登網球公開賽]

Wimbledon Championships (tennis)

Guójì Mǐlán Zúqiú Jùlèbù

国际米兰足球俱乐部

[國際米蘭足球俱樂部]

FC Internazionale Milano (football club)