球风 (qiú fēng) — sportsmanship and play style on the court; demeanor during a ball game

Definition

noun
sportsmanship and play style on the courtdemeanor during a ball game

Examples

  • 球风,。
    Tā de qiú fēng fēi cháng wán qiáng, cóng bú fàng qì.
    His sportsmanship on the court is extremely tenacious; he never gives up.
  • 球风,。
    Zhè zhī qiú duì de qiú fēng hěn cū yě, jīng cháng fàn guī.
    This team's playing style is very rough; they often foul.
  • 球风。
    Jiào liàn qiáng diào qiú fēng bǐ shèng fù gèng zhòng yào.
    The coach emphasizes that sportsmanship is more important than winning or losing.

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 points to ball games, and 风 describes the style or behavior shown there.

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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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