打篮球 (dǎ lánqiú) · to play basketball
打篮球 (dǎ lánqiú) means “to play basketball”. It is written with 3 characters: 打 (to play (ball)) + 篮 (basket) + 球 (ball). It is an old HSK 2 word (HSK 2.0).
How 打篮球 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)
篮 lán · basket
What 篮 is made of
- ⺮zhú — bamboo
- 监jiān — to supervise
- 皿mǐn — dish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 皿mǐn — dish
Origin hint: ⺮ gives the meaning, 监 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
Questions about 打篮球
What does 打篮球 mean?
打篮球 (dǎ lánqiú) means “to play basketball”.
How do you pronounce 打篮球?
打篮球 is pronounced dǎ lánqiú.
Which HSK level is 打篮球?
打篮球 is in Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 打球dǎqiúto play ball
- 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
It is part of Old HSK 2 · Group 2: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.