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to play ball / to play with a ball
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *球* | 球* | *球
ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個|个 / ball game / match / CL: 場|场
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
fan (ball sports) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
tennis / tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
soccer; football / a soccer ball; a football (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
(ball sports) player; team member
HSK 6
table tennis / ping-pong / table tennis ball / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丸* | 丸* | *丸
ball / pellet / pill
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *削* | 削* | *削
to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
HSK 7-9
fireball; ball of fire
Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
(sports) to pass the ball
sports star (ball sport)
HSK 6
ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
ten-pin bowling (loanword) / bowling ball
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *球* | 球* | *球
ball used for playing games (variant of )
HSK 1
golf / golf ball
HSK 7-9
open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf)
fast break / quick attack (ball sports)
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
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
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
(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
(table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
(slang) ball-breaking / pain in the ass
to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉)
own goal (ball sports)
ball / sphere / globe
cricket (ball game)
(ball sports) to lose a match
crystal ball
(baseball) breaking ball / (fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弹* | 弹* | *弹
crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball
ball bearing
(basketball) to steal (the ball) / (soccer) to dispossess an opponent (by tackling or intercepting a pass)
ball sense / feel for the ball
to have a skill / to have a lot on the ball / to have an affair
to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport) / hand job
ball valve
masked ball / masquerade
dangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc)
(computing) to roll back / rollback / (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or sloping ground)
football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
(HK) ball sports club (soccer, basketball etc)
bearing ball
cue ball (in pool etc)
felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
(soccer) to strike the ball powerfully at goal; to unleash a fierce shot / (racket sports) to hit a fast, flat and forceful shot
(sports) to steal / to intercept the ball
(sports) to fumble the ball
kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
(ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played!
to smash a ball / to spike
to bat / to hit a ball (sport)
spherical; ball-shaped
to have one's bicycle chain come off / (fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up
ball sports
(ball sports) dead ball
to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb
cricket (ball game) / also called 板球
ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
(sports) jai alai; cesta punta / ball used in this sport
throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court
(ball sports) game; match / CL: 場|场
grand ball
tapioca ball
ball cactus
(sports) to nutmeg; to dribble or pass the ball through an opponent's legs (esp. in soccer or basketball)
(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 betting
spin ball
air ball (basketball)
to smash a ball
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
ball boy (tennis) / caddie (golf)
to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
ball of string
steel ball / bearing ball
nine-ball (billiards game)
table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia)
rubber ball
(ball game) enthusiast (player) / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc)
as round as a ball
cotton ball / swab / tampon
taro ball (Taiwanese dessert)
fish ball
medicine ball
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)
fish ball
mothball / naphthalene ball
to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
to kick a ball around / (fig.) to mutually shirk responsibility / to pass the buck
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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]
lawn bowls / bocce / pétanque / bowling ball
(sports) trajectory of the ball / method of dispatching the ball (e.g. in baseball: curveball, slider, fastball etc)

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