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排球

páiqiú

volleyball

A volleyball above a net
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Characters in this word

排 pái

Strokes
11
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 非 not, negative, non-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

球 qiú

Strokes
11
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 求 to seek
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我会打排球。 Wǒ huì dǎ páiqiú. I can play volleyball.
  • 她喜欢排球。 Tā xǐhuan páiqiú. She likes volleyball.
  • 今天有排球课。 Jīntiān yǒu páiqiú kè. We have volleyball class today.

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