排球
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
排球 (páiqiú) · volleyball
排球 (páiqiú) means “volleyball”. It is written with 2 characters: 排 (to line up) + 球 (ball). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 排球 is built
The characters
排 pái · to line up
What 排 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 非fēi — not
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 非 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
她排球打得很好。Tā páiqiú dǎ de hěn hǎo.She plays volleyball very well.
你会打排球吗？Nǐ huì dǎ páiqiú ma?Can you play volleyball?
Questions about 排球
What does 排球 mean?
排球 (páiqiú) means “volleyball”.
How do you pronounce 排球?
排球 is pronounced páiqiú.
Which HSK level is 排球?
排球 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 排队páiduìto line up
- 安排ānpáito arrange
- 排名páimíngranking
- 排列páilièto arrange
- 排斥páichìto reject
- 排除páichúto remove
- 排放páifàngto discharge
- 排练páiliànto rehearse
- 排páito line up
- 打球dǎqiúto play ball
Learn 排球 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 19: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.