乒乓球 (pīng pāng qiú) — table tennis, ping-pong (the sport); table tenn…

Definition

The ball-and-racket sport played indoors on a small table, called 'ping-pong' or 'table tennis' in English. Like 网球 (tennis) and 排球 (volleyball), it follows 打 + sport, but it's the indoor, lightest-and-smallest-ball option of the three.

noun

table tennisping-pong (the sport)table tennis ball

Measure word · 个

Examples

乒乓球，。
Tā xǐ huan dǎ pīng pāng qiú, měi zhōu dōu qù tǐ yù guǎn.
He likes to play table tennis and goes to the gym every week.
乒乓球。
Zhè ge pīng pāng qiú shì tā zuó tiān mǎi de.
This table tennis ball was bought by him yesterday.
乒乓球。
pīng pāng qiú Bǐ sài fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
The table tennis match was very exciting.