网球 網球 wǎng qiú tennis / tennis ball / CL:個|个[ge4] 乒乓球 pīng pāng qiú table tennis / ping-pong / table tennis ball / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 桌球 zhuō qiú table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia) 斜射球 xié shè qiú a sliced ball (tennis or table tennis) 接球 jiē qiú to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb syn 饭团 飯糰 fàn tuán rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball) syn 半大小子 bàn dà xiǎo zǐ teenage boy / adolescent boy 回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations) syn 网球赛 網球賽 wǎng qiú sài tennis match / tennis competition / CL:場|场[chang3] 落网 落網 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured syn 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 削 xiāo to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc) syn 擦网球 擦網球 cā wǎng qiú net ball / let (tennis etc) 球友 qiú yǒu (ball game) enthusiast (player) / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc) 杀球 殺球 shā qiú to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc) 打球 dǎ qiú to play ball / to play with a ball 看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball! 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 钢珠 鋼珠 gāng zhū steel ball / bearing ball syn 球 qiú ball / sphere / globe / CL:個|个[ge4] / ball game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] syn 地滚球 地滾球 dì gǔn qiú ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball 球感 qiú gǎn ball sense / feel for the ball 界内球 界內球 jiè nèi qiú ball within bounds (sports) / in / fair ball (baseball) 死球 sǐ qiú (ball sports) dead ball 球路 qiú lù (sports) trajectory of the ball / method of dispatching the ball (e.g. in baseball: curveball, slider, fastball etc) syn 男孩 nán hái boy / CL:個|个[ge4] 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo r (coll.) early childhood / baby boy syn 通讯员 通訊員 tōng xùn yuán correspondent / reporter / messenger boy syn 男孩子 nán hái zi boy 男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 小弟弟 xiǎo dì di little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis 童子 tóng zǐ boy syn 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 男童 nán tóng boy / male child syn 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 好家伙 hǎo jiā huo my God! / oh boy! / man! syn 牛郎 niú láng cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute syn 新丁 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice 小皇帝 xiǎo huáng dì child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child 牧童 mù tóng shepherd boy syn 幼齿 幼齒 yòu chǐ (Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy) / underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí]) 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 校草 xiào cǎo the most handsome boy in the school (see also 校花[xiao4 hua1]) 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 马前卒 馬前卒 mǎ qián zú lackey / errand boy / lit. runner before a carriage syn 桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 僮 tóng servant boy 僮仆 僮僕 tóng pú boy servant 放羊娃 fàng yáng wá shepherd / shepherd boy 正太 zhèng tài young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zheng4 tai4 kong4] 男孩乐队 男孩樂隊 nán hái yuè duì boy band (type of pop group) 童儿 童兒 tóng ér boy 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 门童 門童 mén tóng doorman / bell boy 阿兵哥 ā bīng gē (coll.) soldier boy 世界童子军总部 世界童子軍總部 Boy Scouts World Bureau 哈利・波特 hā lì · bō tè Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳 奶油小生 nǎi yóu xiǎo shēng handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy 仆欧 僕歐 pú ōu (old) waiter (loanword from "boy") / attendant 妈宝 媽寶 mā bǎo mama's boy 小寿星 小壽星 xiǎo shòu xīng child whose birthday is being celebrated / birthday boy / birthday girl 班草 bān cǎo the most handsome boy in the class 男娃 nán wá (dialect) boy / guy 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy 哈利·波特 hā lì · bō tè Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳 小毛头 小毛頭 xiǎo máo tou (coll.) new-born baby / young boy 乖乖牌 guāi guāi pái good little boy (or girl) 酸儿辣女 酸兒辣女 suān ér là nǚ if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy / if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom) 小哥哥 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older 指腹为婚 指腹為婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) 冠礼 冠禮 guàn lǐ the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man 弄璋 nòng zhāng (literary) to have a baby boy / to celebrate the birth of a son 朘 脧 zuī (literary) young boy’s penis 上网 上網 shàng wǎng to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net 失误 失誤 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) syn 乒乓 pīng pāng (onom.) rattle / clatter / (sports) ping-pong / table tennis syn 发球 發球 fā qiú (tennis etc) to serve / (golf) to tee off syn 男单 男單 nán dān men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 女单 女單 nǚ dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 连击 連擊 lián jī to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact 网球场 網球場 wǎng qiú chǎng tennis court 平分 píng fēn to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score syn 澳网 澳網 ào wǎng Australian Open (tennis tournament) 女双 女雙 nǚ shuāng women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 美网 美網 měi wǎng US Open (tennis tournament) 博格 bó gé Borg (name) / Bjorn Borg (1956-), Swedish tennis star 男双 男雙 nán shuāng men's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 温网 溫網 wēn wǎng Wimbledon Championships (tennis) / abbr. for 溫布爾登網球公開賽|温布尔登网球公开赛[Wen1 bu4 er3 deng1 Wang3 qiu2 Gong1 kai1 sai4] 纳达尔 nà dá ěr Nadal (name) / Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player 拦网 攔網 lán wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block syn 邓亚萍 鄧亞萍 dèng yà píng Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner 赛点 賽點 sài diǎn match point (tennis etc) 封网 封網 fēng wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 