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踢

tī · ti

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 6Old HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. to kick
  2. to play (e.g. soccer)
  3. (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
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The ball in the tree

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)去(qù)公园(gōngyuán)踢(tī)足球(zúqiú)吧(ba)！

    Let's go play football in the park!

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，你(nǐ)踢(tī)得(de)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    Okay, how well do you play?

  3. Liangliang

    还行(háixíng)，我(wǒ)踢(tī)得(de)挺(tǐng)远(yuǎn)的(de)。

    Not bad. I kick pretty far.

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)先(xiān)踢(tī)，你(nǐ)来(lái)守门(shǒumén)。

    Okay, I will kick first, you play goalkeeper.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)踢(tī)得(de)太(tài)高(gāo)了(le)，球(qiú)飞(fēi)到(dào)树上(shùshàng)了(le)！

    You kicked too high! The ball is in the tree!

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)来(lái)踢(tī)树(shù)，说不定(shuōbudìng)球(qiú)会(huì)掉下来(diàoxiàlái)。

    Then you kick the tree. Maybe the ball will fall.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

很(hěn)多(duō)球(qiú)队(duì)在(zài)主(zhǔ)场(chǎng)都(dōu)会(huì)踢(tī)得(de)更(gèng)好(hǎo)。

Most teams perform better when they have a home game.

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

02

要(yào)等(děng)它(tā)踢(tī)完(wán)啊(a)，有(yǒu)一(yì)点(diǎn)时(shí)间(jiān)啦(la)！

We've got to wait for them to finish playing - there's still a while to go!

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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