How to say it in Chinese

Ball in Chinese

ball · HSK 2

球 qiú

Counted with 个: 一个球 yí gè qiú

这个球是我哥哥的。 This ball belongs to my older brother.

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Other ways to say ball

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How do you say ball in Chinese?

Ball in Chinese is 球 (qiú). You can also say 弹 (dàn), 团 (tuán).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.