全球
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
全球 (quánqiú) · the whole world
全球 (quánqiú) means “the whole world; global; worldwide”. It is written with 2 characters: 全 (all) + 球 (ball). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 全球 is built
The characters
全 quán · all
What 全 is made of
- 入rù — to enter
- 玉yù — jade
Origin hint: Jade 玉 put away 入 for safe-keeping (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
球 qiú · ball
What 球 is made of
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 求qiú — to seek
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 氺shui — structural part
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: 王 gives the meaning, 求 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个游戏在全球都很有名。Zhège yóuxì zài quánqiú dōu hěn yǒumíng.This game is famous all over the world.
全球的气候在变化。Quánqiú de qìhòu zài biànhuà.The global climate is changing.
Questions about 全球
What does 全球 mean?
全球 (quánqiú) means “the whole world; global; worldwide”.
How do you pronounce 全球?
全球 is pronounced quánqiú.
Which HSK level is 全球?
全球 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 安全ānquánsafe
- 全部quánbùall
- 全国quánguóthe whole country
- 全家quánjiāthe whole family
- 全年quánniánthe whole year
- 全身quánshēnthe whole body
- 全体quántǐall
- 完全wánquáncompletely
- 全场quánchǎngthe whole audience
- 全面quánmiàncomprehensive
Learn 全球 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 86: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.