篮球
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
篮球 (lánqiú) · basketball
篮球 (lánqiú) means “basketball”. It is written with 2 characters: 篮 (basket) + 球 (ball). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 篮球 is built
The characters
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
他每天打篮球。Tā měi tiān dǎ lánqiú.He plays basketball every day.
你喜欢打篮球吗？Nǐ xǐhuan dǎ lánqiú ma?Do you like playing basketball?
Questions about 篮球
What does 篮球 mean?
篮球 (lánqiú) means “basketball”.
How do you pronounce 篮球?
篮球 is pronounced lánqiú.
Which HSK level is 篮球?
篮球 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 打篮球dǎ lánqiúto play basketball
- 打球dǎqiúto play ball
- 地球dìqiúthe earth
- 排球páiqiúvolleyball
- 球场qiúchǎngsports field
- 球队qiúduì(sports) team
- 球鞋qiúxiésneakers
- 网球wǎngqiútennis
- 球迷qiúmísports fan
- 全球quánqiúthe whole world
Learn 篮球 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 26: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.