Chinese vocabulary · 25 words
Sports in Chinese
The sports words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 运动yùndòngsports; exercise
- 体育tǐyùsports
- 足球zúqiúsoccer
- 篮球lánqiúbasketball
- 排球páiqiúvolleyball
- 网球wǎngqiútennis
- 乒乓球pīngpāngqiútable tennis
- 羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadminton
- 棒球bàngqiúbaseball
- 游泳yóuyǒngto swim
- 跑步pǎobùto run
- 散步sànbùto take a walk
- 滑雪huáxuěskiing
- 滑冰huábīngto skate
- 健身jiànshēnto work out
- 武术wǔshùmartial arts
- 拳击quánjīboxing
- 举重jǔzhòngweightlifting
- 跳舞tiàowǔto dance
- 钓鱼diàoyúto fish (with a line)
- 比赛bǐsàimatch
- 冠军guànjūnchampion
- 球队qiúduì(sports) team
- 运动员yùndòngyuánathlete
- 教练jiàoliàncoach
How do you say sports in Chinese?
运动 (yùndòng). The most common sports words are 体育 (tǐyù, sports), 足球 (zúqiú, soccer), 篮球 (lánqiú, basketball).
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