足球 (zú qiú) — (noun) soccer, football (the sport); (noun) soccer ball, football (the ball)
Definition
The sport of soccer (and the ball itself) — count with 个. 球 is the general word for any ball or ball game; 足球 names this specific sport.
noun
soccerfootball (the sport)soccer ballfootball (the ball)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 足球。Wǒ men yì qǐ qù tī zú qiú ba.Let's go play soccer together.
- 足球？Zhè ge zú qiú shì shuí de?Whose soccer ball is this?
- 足球。Wǒ jué de tī zú qiú hěn yǒu yì si.I think playing soccer is a lot of fun.
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