棒球 (bàngqiú) — baseball

Characters in this word

Strokes: 12
Radical: 木 — tree
Made of: 木 tree 奉 to offer, to respect
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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

我小时候并不懂棒球的规则，直到看完一场职业比赛，才明白它为什么那么吸引人。 Wǒ xiǎoshíhou bìng bù dǒng bàngqiú de guīzé, zhídào kàn wán yì chǎng zhíyè bǐsài, cái míngbai tā wèishénme nàme xīyǐn rén. As a child, I did not understand the rules of baseball; only after watching a professional game did I realise why it is so appealing.
周末我们去公园打棒球。 Zhōumò wǒmen qù gōngyuán dǎ bàngqiú. On the weekend we go to the park to play baseball.
他买了一副新的棒球手套。 Tā mǎi le yí fù xīn de bàngqiú shǒutào. He bought a new baseball glove.