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篮球

lán qiú · lan qiu

Traditional 籃球

HSK 2Measure words: 个 gè, 只 zhī

Meaning

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  1. basketball
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The flat basketball

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，下午(xiàwǔ)打(dǎ)篮球(lánqiú)吗(ma)？

    Dengdeng, shall we play basketball this afternoon?

  2. Dengdeng

    打(dǎ)！我(wǒ)的(de)篮球(lánqiú)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Yes! Where is my basketball?

  3. Liangliang

    在(zài)你(nǐ)床(chuáng)下面(xiàmiàn)，我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)看到(kàndào)了(le)。

    Under your bed. I saw it yesterday.

  4. Dengdeng

    它(tā)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)软(ruǎn)？

    Why is it so soft?

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)一个月(yīgèyuè)没(méi)打(dǎ)，篮球(lánqiú)都(dōu)累(lèi)了(le)。

    You have not played for a month. Even the basketball is tired.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)一(yì)直(zhí)想(xiǎng)成(chéng)为(wéi)一(yì)名(míng)职(zhí)业(yè)篮(lán)球(qiú)运(yùn)动(dòng)员(yuán)。

I've always wanted to be a professional basketball player.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gumblex · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

放(fàng)学(xué)后(hòu)，我(wǒ)们(men)常(cháng)常(cháng)在(zài)操(cāo)场(chǎng)上(shàng)打(dǎ)篮(lán)球(qiú)。

After school, we often play basketball on the playground.

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篮
lán

basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)

球
qiú

ball; sphere

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