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HSK 1 · Fun & hobbies

打球

dǎ qiú

to play ball

Stroke order of 打球

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

打 · 5 strokes球 · 11 strokes

Memory trick

打 is a hand 扌 whacking a nail 丁; 球 has jade 王 for a round ball you seek.

Parts: 打 hit + 球 ball

The characters in 打球

  • 打 dǎ — to hit; to play (a sport) (5 strokes)
  • 球 qiú — ball (11 strokes)

Example sentence

我们下午去打球吧。

Let's go play ball this afternoon.

Words with 打

打电话to make a phone call打车to take a taxi打开to open; to turn on打to hit; to play (a sport)打印to print打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time打算to plan; plan打篮球to play basketball打听to ask about打破to break打扫to clean; to sweep

Words with 球

球ball地球the earth球场court; field球队(ball) team球鞋sneakers篮球basketball排球volleyball网球tennis踢足球to play football打篮球to play basketball足球football; soccer球迷(sports) fan全球global; whole world

More words: Fun & hobbies

玩儿to play; to have fun爱好hobby; to like唱to sing唱歌to sing歌song球ball开玩笑to joke动to move动作movement; action打to hit; to play (a sport)试to try

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