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HSK
the earth
HSK 2
to play ball / to play with a ball
HSK 1
the whole world / worldwide; global
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *球* | 球* | *球
ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個|个 / ball game / match / CL: 場|场
HSK 1
the moon
HSK 5
basketball / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 2
tennis / tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
volleyball / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
soccer; football / a soccer ball; a football (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
balloon
HSK 4
table tennis / ping-pong / table tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
badminton / shuttlecock
HSK 5
billiards
HSK 7-9
nine-ball (billiards game)
baseball / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 7-9
(soccer) to do a sliding tackle
medicine ball
ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
HSK 6
(football) set piece (a restart of play following a stoppage, including free kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks, goal kicks and throw-ins)
match-fixing; a fixed match
around the world / worldwide
HSK 7-9
the Northern Hemisphere
ten-pin bowling (loanword) / bowling ball
golf / golf ball
HSK 7-9
hot air balloon
HSK 7-9
(basketball) three-point shot
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
free kick
hemisphere
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey
(sports) to pass the ball
to attract attention; to catch attention
(soccer) header
the Western Hemisphere
to land on the moon
cricket (ball game)
inside cut (golf) / (math.) inscribed sphere / insphere
crystal ball
(baseball) (loanword) sinker
ball / sphere / globe
game-fixing / to fix games
eyeball / (fig.) attention
field hockey
rebound (basketball)
to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
(ball sports) to win a match
American football
to play marbles
lawn bowls / bocce / pétanque / bowling ball
sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls / see also 小球
cue ball (in pool etc)
penalty shot / penalty kick (in sports)
net ball / let (tennis etc)
snowball
penalty kick
(sports) to fumble the ball
crossover dribble (basketball)
to score a goal / goal
beach volleyball
fireball
(math.) ellipsoid
(ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played!
East and West hemispheres
(loanword) teqball
pompon
sepak takraw (sport)
ice hockey / puck
softball
the Eastern Hemisphere
(ball sports) dead ball
clash that leaves both sides shattered
netball
to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
camphor balls / moth balls
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毬* | 毬* | *毬
ball used for playing games (variant of )
HSK 1
sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls / see also 大球
to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb
(table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body
erythrocyte / red blood cell
open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf)
to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc)
(baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct; frank; upfront; blunt
(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment
(sport) to chop / to cut
to bend the rules / to skirt around the issue
(tennis etc) to serve / (golf) to tee off
Luzon, island of the Philippines / the Ryukyu islands
iron pellet / shrapnel
cricket (ball game) / also called 板球
(ball) sports betting
own goal (ball sports)
yo-yo (loanword)
charcoal briquette
ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
badminton / shuttlecock
blood corpuscle / hemocyte
shot put (athletics event)

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