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