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打篮球
dǎ lánqiú
Main
English Definitionto play basketball
Simplified Script打篮球
Traditional Script打籃球
Pinyindǎ lánqiú
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)daa2 laam4kau4
Part of Speech(动宾式) verb object
Word Decomposition
打dǎto beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from
篮球lánqiúbasketball

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Words With Same Head Word    
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
打算dǎsuànto plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
打工dǎgōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
打折dǎzhéto give a discount
Words With Same Tail Word    
男子篮球nánzǐ lánqiúmen's basketball
街头篮球jiētóu lánqiústreetball
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