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  *球* | 球* | *球
ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個|个 / ball game / match / CL: 場|场
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *球* | 球* | *球
ball used for playing games (variant of )
HSK 1
to play ball / to play with a ball
HSK 1
the earth
HSK 2
basketball / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 2
tennis / tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
volleyball / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
soccer ball / a football / CL: 個|个 / soccer / football
HSK 3
the whole world / worldwide; global
HSK 3
balloon
HSK 4
the moon
HSK 5
badminton / shuttlecock
HSK 5
ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
HSK 6
around the world / worldwide
HSK 7-9
baseball / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 7-9
billiards
HSK 7-9
golf / golf ball
HSK 7-9
hot air balloon
HSK 7-9
table tennis / ping-pong / table tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
snowball
football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls / see also 大球
eyeball / (fig.) attention
to score a goal / goal (sport)
Northern Hemisphere
ball / sphere / globe
squash (sport)
(tennis etc) to serve / (golf) to tee off
to bat / to hit a ball (sport)
(sports) to pass the ball
Southern Hemisphere
(ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played!
kung fu balls
(math.) ellipsoid
hemisphere
table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia)
to score a goal / goal
to play marbles
badminton / shuttlecock
to dribble (basketball, soccer etc)
water polo
open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf)
corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey
charcoal briquette
penalty shot / penalty kick (in sports)
cotton ball / swab / tampon
(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
cricket (ball game)
ball cactus
to smash a ball / to spike
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb
penalty kick
ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball
celestial sphere
(sports) high ball; lob / (Tw, HK) golf (abbr. for 高爾夫球|高尔夫球) / highball (cocktail)
ice hockey / puck
(literary) the globe; the entire world
softball
pompon
shot put (athletics event)
(soccer) header
battledore and shuttlecock / shuttlecock
polo
croquet / goal ball (served by the goal keeper)
to juggle a soccer ball (i.e. keep it in the air using feet, thighs, head etc)
(athletics) hammer / hammer throw
billiards / billiards ball / pool (game)
Ryūkyū / refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛 stretching from Japan to Taiwan / Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
sepak takraw (sport)
match-fixing; a fixed match
pine cone
(baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct; frank; upfront; blunt
to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc)
(ball sports) to lose a match
to concede points (in a game)
lawn bowls / bocce / pétanque / bowling ball
(ball sports) to win a match
dangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc)
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
(ball) sports betting
(ball sports) dead ball
(soccer) to do a sliding tackle
(basketball) three-point shot
cricket (ball game) / also called 板球
bastard / wretch / scoundrel
ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
field hockey
beach volleyball
yo-yo (loanword)
Western Hemisphere
to attract attention; to catch attention
(table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
(loanword) pickleball
to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot
a marble (used in games)
throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court
to bend the rules / to skirt around the issue
clash that leaves both sides shattered

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