球
Meanings
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- 1.ball
- 2.sphere
- 3.globe
- 4.CL:个[gè]
- 5.ball game
- 6.match
- 7.CL:场[chǎng]
- 1.ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiú])
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Wiktionary
- 1.fine jade
- 2.percussion instrument made of jade
- 3.ball; globe; orb
- 4.ball; solid sphere
- 5.earth
- 6.ball (in sports) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- 7.ball game
- 8.Classifier for spherical objects, such as balls of string.
- 9.testicle
- 10.Expletive. Often used in the form of ……個球(…… my ass). Underlying meaning may be "testes".
- 11.million dollars
- 12.bulbar
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡu): semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu). "Ball", earlier some "kind of jade". Bodman (1980) relates this to Wuming Zhuang klauᴬ² (“ball”), and relates 俅 (qiú, “gem-adorned”) to Tibetan གྲུ (gru, “lustre of gems”). This character had a softened initial in Proto-Min. Originally written as 毬 (since Tang dynasty) when referring to a ball. The form 球 (since Qing dynasty) is now more common.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
球是圆的。
Balls are round.
他把球扔了。
He threw the ball.
我打網球了。
I played tennis.
我會打網球。
I can play tennis.
我擅長網球。
I'm good at tennis.
把球传给我。
Roll the ball to me.
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Derived terms
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