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  *球* | 球* | *球
ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個|个 / ball game / match / CL: 場|场
HSK 1
to play ball / to play with a ball
HSK 1
tennis / tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *团* | 团* | *团
round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
HSK 3
soccer ball / a football / CL: 個|个 / soccer / football
HSK 3
fan (ball sports) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
(ball sports) player; team member
HSK 6
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  *扣* | 扣* | *扣
to fasten / to button / button / buckle / knot / to arrest / to confiscate / to deduct (money) / discount / to knock / to smash, spike or dunk (a ball) / to cover (with a bowl etc) / (fig.) to tag a label on sb / (Tw) (loanword) code
HSK 6
sports star (ball sport)
HSK 6
ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
HSK 6
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  *丸* | 丸* | *丸
ball / pellet / pill
HSK 7-9
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  *削* | 削* | *削
to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
HSK 7-9
golf / golf ball
HSK 7-9
table tennis / ping-pong / table tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
net (for ball games)
ball valve
ball / sphere / globe
(ball sports) game; match / CL: 場|场
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
dance / ball / party / CL: 場|场
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)
to bat / to hit a ball (sport)
fireball; ball of fire
(sports) to pass the ball
steel ball / bearing ball
ball sports
spherical; ball-shaped
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured
(ball sports) player
fast break / quick attack (ball sports)
table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia)
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  *鞠* | 鞠* | *鞠
to incline (one's torso); to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up; to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2]
cotton ball / swab / tampon
bearing ball
(ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played!
to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf)
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
ball mill
cricket (ball game)
to smash a ball / to spike
as round as a ball
ball cactus
to smash a ball / to spike
to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb
ball boy (tennis) / caddie (golf)
ball of string
ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball
(sports) high ball; lob / golf (abbr. for 高爾夫球|高尔夫球)
fish ball
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毬* | 毬* | *毬
ball
croquet / goal ball (served by the goal keeper)
billiards / billiards ball / pool (game)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踘* | 踘* | *踘
leather ball / Taiwan pr. [ju2]
(sports) trajectory of the ball / method of dispatching the ball (e.g. in baseball: curveball, slider, fastball etc)
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  *跐* | 跐* | *跐
to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot
(slang) ball-breaking / pain in the ass
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  *抟* | 抟* | *抟
to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团) / (literary) to circle; to wheel
to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉)
kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
(ball game) enthusiast (player) / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc)
to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc)
fish ball
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
pork ball
(ball sports) to lose a match
pencil lead / refill (for a ball-point pen)
(ball sports) to win a match
dangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc)
mothball / naphthalene ball
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
lawn bowls / bocce / pétanque / bowling ball
(ball sports) dead ball
to roll rice balls / rice ball
cricket (ball game) / also called 板球
ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
to have one's bicycle chain come off / (fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up
(table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
ball (in sport, incl. billiards)
shower puff / bath sponge / bath ball (containing aromas or salts)
shower puff / bath sponge / bath ball (containing aromas or salts)
scouring ball
ball sense / feel for the ball
felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
(computing) to roll back / rollback / (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or sloping ground)
cue ball (in billiards)
tapioca ball
to kick a ball around / (fig.) to mutually shirk responsibility / to pass the buck
ten-pin bowling (loanword) / bowling ball
(sports) jai alai; cesta punta / ball used in this sport
to smash a ball
short pass (in ball game)
hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot
taro ball (Taiwanese dessert)

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