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篮球 (lán qiú): basketball

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HSK 2noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: basketball
Characters: 2
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 2

Full definitions

basketball
basketball (the sport)
basketball (the ball)

Chinese explanation

一种球类运动，两队各五人，在球场上把球投进对方的篮筐得分，得分多的一方获胜
也指这项运动使用的球，通常为橙色圆形，有弹性。

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HSK 2

ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiu2])

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Example sentences

I play basketball every day.

He plays basketball very well.

Let's go play basketball on the playground.

This basketball is new.

The basketball game starts at seven.

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