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板球 (bǎn qiú) — cricket (sport); cricket ball

Definition

noun
cricket (sport)cricket ball
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 板球。
    Wǒ zuó tiān kàn le bǎn qiú bǐ sài.
    I watched a cricket match yesterday.
  • 板球。
    Tā hěn xǐ huan dǎ bǎn qiú.
    He really likes playing cricket.
  • 板球。
    bǎn qiú Shì yí xiàng hěn shòu huān yíng de tǐ yù yùn dòng.
    Cricket is a very popular sport.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

板bǎnboard
球qiúball

板 ('board') and 球 ('ball') combine to name cricket or its ball.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

Open 板 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
求
求qiú球qiú
Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

Open 球 →
Appears in
Ball GamesSports & Athletics

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