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乒乓球

bing1 bam1 kau4

ping1 pang1 qiu2

[1] table tennis; ping-pong [2] ping-pong ball | Spoken Cant.: 乒乓波

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Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,910,000

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

乒乓球

This word was added by aaron on 22nd Jul 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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乒 bing1 ping1 - used with 乓 for table tennis
乓 bam1 pang1 - used with 乒 for table tennis
球 kau4 qiu2 - ball

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Decimal representation of this word: 乒乓球

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