打球
HSK 1 (2021)
打球 (dǎqiú) · to play ball
打球 (dǎqiú) means “to play ball”. It is written with 2 characters: 打 (to play (ball)) + 球 (ball). It is an HSK 1 word in the 2021 standard.
How 打球 is built
The characters
打 dǎ · to play (ball)
What 打 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 丁dīng — male adult
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 丁 gives the sound. (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
我们去打球吧。Wǒmen qù dǎqiú ba.Let's go and play ball.
你下午打球吗？Nǐ xiàwǔ dǎqiú ma?Are you playing ball this afternoon?
Questions about 打球
What does 打球 mean?
打球 (dǎqiú) means “to play ball”.
How do you pronounce 打球?
打球 is pronounced dǎqiú.
Which HSK level is 打球?
打球 is in HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 打工dǎgōngto work part-time
- 打算dǎsuànto plan
- 打印dǎyìnto print
- 打破dǎpòto break
- 打听dǎtingto ask about
- 打败dǎbàito defeat
- 打雷dǎléito thunder
Learn 打球 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 20: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.