管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 球迷 qiú mí fan (ball sports) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 好球 hǎo qiú (ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played! 硬笔 硬筆 yìng bǐ generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes 球磨机 球磨機 qiú mó jī ball mill 断球 斷球 duàn qiú (sports) to steal / to intercept the ball 有一手 yǒu yī shǒu to have a skill / to have a lot on the ball / to have an affair 清洁球 清潔球 qīng jié qiú scouring ball 滚球 滾球 gǔn qiú lawn bowls / bocce / pétanque / bowling ball 空心球 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot 卸扣 xiè kòu shackle (U-shaped link) 角 jiǎo angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 地滚球 地滾球 dì gǔn qiú ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball 削 xiāo to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc) syn 锅 鍋 guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn 丸 wán ball / pellet / pill syn 足球 zú qiú soccer ball / a football / CL:個|个[ge4] / soccer / football 球员 球員 qiú yuán (ball sports) player / team member 球星 qiú xīng sports star (ball sport) syn 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped / to become formed 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 射门 射門 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal 打球 dǎ qiú to play ball / to play with a ball 传球 傳球 chuán qiú (sports) to pass the ball 人形 rén xíng human form / human-shaped / humanoid 舞会 舞會 wǔ huì dance / ball / party / CL:場|场[chang3] 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard 皮球 pí qiú ball (made of rubber, leather etc) 高尔夫球 高爾夫球 gāo ěr fū qiú golf / golf ball 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 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 球赛 球賽 qiú sài (ball sports) game / match / CL:場|场[chang3] 保龄球 保齡球 bǎo líng qiú ten-pin bowling (loanword) / bowling ball 看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball! 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel 球阀 球閥 qiú fá ball valve 匀称 勻稱 yún chèn well proportioned / well shaped syn 赢球 贏球 yíng qiú (ball sports) to win a match 方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix 击球 擊球 jī qiú to bat / to hit a ball (sport) 橄榄球 橄欖球 gǎn lǎn qiú football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 梯形 tī xíng trapezoid / ladder-shaped / terraced 飞镖 飛鏢 fēi biāo darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead) 七龙珠 七龍珠 qī lóng zhū Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series 圆球 圓球 yuán qiú ball / sphere / globe syn 状物 狀物 zhuàng wù ...-shaped thing / to portray sth 球童 qiú tóng ball boy (tennis) / caddie (golf) 快攻 kuài gōng fast break / quick attack (ball sports) 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 赌球 賭球 dǔ qiú (ball) sports betting 接球 jiē qiú to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb syn 桌球 zhuō qiú table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia) 奇形怪状 奇形怪狀 qí xíng guài zhuàng fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) / grotesquely shaped syn 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 球类 球類 qiú lèi ball sports syn 高球 gāo qiú (sports) high ball / lob / (Tw, HK) golf (abbr. for 高爾夫球|高尔夫球[gao1er3fu1qiu2]) / highball (cocktail) 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 撞球 zhuàng qiú billiards / billiards ball / pool (game) 滚珠 滾珠 gǔn zhū bearing ball syn 鱼丸 魚丸 yú wán fish ball 锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn 手球 shǒu qiú handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer) 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 冠状 冠狀 guān zhuàng coronary (i.e. relating to the coronary arteries or veins) / crown-shaped 丁字 dīng zì T-shaped 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 一团火 一團火 yī tuán huǒ fireball / ball of fire 槽钢 槽鋼 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar 棉球 mián qiú cotton ball / swab / tampon 钢珠 鋼珠 gāng zhū steel ball / bearing ball syn 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 球网 球網 qiú wǎng net (for ball games) 蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake 签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 扣球 kòu qiú to smash a ball / to spike 仙人球 xiān rén qiú ball cactus syn 滚圆 滾圓 gǔn yuán as round as a ball syn 拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn 门球 門球 mén qiú croquet / goal ball (served by the goal keeper) 走步 zǒu bù to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball) 板球 bǎn qiú cricket (ball game) 圆子 圓子 yuán zi kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball syn 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 针状 針狀 zhēn zhuàng needle-shaped 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 乌龙球 烏龍球 wū lóng qiú own goal (ball sports) 滚珠轴承 滾珠軸承 gǔn zhū zhóu chéng ball bearing syn 八字胡 八字鬍 bā zì hú mustache shaped like character 八 扣杀 扣殺 kòu shā to smash a ball / to spike 短传 短傳 duǎn chuán short pass (in ball game) 伞形 傘形 sǎn xíng umbrella-shaped 抛绣球 拋繡球 pāo xiù qiú throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court 莲雾 蓮霧 lián wù wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit) 