球手 (qiú shǒu) — (ball sports) player | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

(ball sports) player

Measure word · 位

Examples

球手。
Zhè wèi qiú shǒu zài bǐ sài zhōng biǎo xiàn fēi cháng chū sè.
This player performed very well in the match.
球手。
Hěn duō nián qīng qiú shǒu mèng xiǎng chéng wéi zhí yè yùn dòng yuán.
Many young players dream of becoming professional athletes.
球手。
Jiào liàn zhèng zài xùn liàn xīn lái de qiú shǒu.
The coach is training the newly arrived players.

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.

球 names the ball sport and 手 means player, so the word is a ball player.

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

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

Appears in

Ball Games Sports & Athletics

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