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气球

qìqiú

balloon

HSK 4 · Topic “Materials and forms”
A floating balloon on a string
Memory picture

Characters in this word

气 qì

Strokes
4
Radical
气 — air, gas
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 气

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

  • 气球飞起来了。 Qìqiú fēi qǐlai le. The balloon flew up.
  • 孩子拿着气球。 Háizi názhe qìqiú. The child is holding a balloon.
  • 红气球很好看。 Hóng qìqiú hěn hǎokàn. The red balloon looks very nice.

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