球 (kau4 | qiu2) : ball

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球

kau4

qiu2

[1] [n] ball; sphere; globe; round [2] the globe; the earth

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 玉 (#96)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

球

This word has been viewed 18208 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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讓球 joeng6 kau4 rang4 qiu2 = to concede points (in a game) ; to handicap a bet

足球 zuk1 kau4 zu2 qiu2 = football, soccer

地球 dei6 kau4 di4 qiu2 = The Planet Earth

排球 paai4 kau4 pai2 qiu2 = volleyball

板球 baan2 kau4 ban3 qiu2 = cricket

球鞋 kau4 haai4 qiu2 xie2 = athletic shoes

踢足球 tek3 zuk1 kau4 = playing soccer

打球 daa2 kau4 da3 qiu2 = to play ball 國

球果 kau4 gwo2 = a cone (such as on a pine tree or bush) 國

角球 gok3 kau4 = [soccer] corner kick
See all 172 compounds (CantoDict reports 177 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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一隊足球隊有十一個人。
A football team consists of eleven members.

球是圓的國
A ball is round.

我把球放在桌上。國
I put the ball on the table.

天文學上叫佢做月球粵
In astronomy, it's called "月球" (i.e. the moon).
[上 here means "in the field of".]

你身高只有五呎九﹐想入籃球隊𠍁水啲噃。粵
Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 球
Unicode code for this character: U+7403 (off-site link)

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