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球
qiú
Main
English Definitionball; sphere; globe; ball game; match
Simplified Script球
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinqiú
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)kau4
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words个
Topical Word Lists
Part of food/preparation/cutting
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word    
球员qiúyuánsports club member; footballer, golfer etc
球场qiúchǎngstadium; sports ground; court; pitch; field; golf course
球赛qiúsàisports match; ballgame
球队qiúduìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
球鞋qiúxiéathletic shoes
Words With Same Tail Word    
足球zúqiúsoccer ball; a football; soccer; football
篮球lánqiúbasketball
网球wǎngqiútennis; tennis ball
棒球bàngqiúbaseball
全球quánqiúentire; total; global; the (whole) world; worldwide
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