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打篮球

dǎ lán qiú

to play basketball

Stroke order of 打篮球

3 characters, 32 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

打 · 5 strokes篮 · 16 strokes球 · 11 strokes

Memory trick

A hand "扌" hits "打" a ball "球" into a bamboo "⺮" basket "篮".

Parts: 打 hit (扌 hand + 丁 nail) + 篮 basket (⺮ bamboo + 监) + 球 ball (王 + 求)

The characters in 打篮球

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

Example sentence

他很喜欢打篮球。

He really likes playing basketball.

Words with 打

打电话to make a phone call 打车to take a taxi 打开to open; to turn on 打球to play ball 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 打听to ask about 打破to break 打扫to clean; to sweep

Words with 篮

篮球basketball

Words with 球

打球to play ball 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 足球football; soccer 球迷(sports) fan 全球global; whole world

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丈夫husband 妻子wife 面条noodles 羊肉mutton; lamb 西瓜watermelon 踢足球to play football 玩to play; to have fun 宾馆hotel 一下a bit; once 第一first

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