篮球 籃球 lán qiú basketball / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] 球队 球隊 qiú duì sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) 巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star / (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc) syn 过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent syn 投篮 投籃 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball) 运球 運球 yùn qiú to dribble (basketball, soccer etc) 篮球场 籃球場 lán qiú chǎng basketball court 中锋 中鋒 zhōng fēng (sports) midfielder / (basketball) center / (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot / a block syn 张伯伦 張伯倫 zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player 篮板球 籃板球 lán bǎn qiú rebound (basketball) 女厕 女廁 nǚ cè women's restroom / women's toilet 投中 tóu zhòng to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score syn 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 男篮 男籃 nán lán men's basketball / men's basketball team 空心 kōng xīn hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop) syn 燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers 上篮 上籃 shàng lán (basketball) layup 王治郅 wáng zhì zhì Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player 盖帽 蓋帽 gài mào block (basketball) 封盖 封蓋 fēng gài cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball) 大球 dà qiú sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls / see also 小球[xiao3 qiu2] 走步 zǒu bù to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball) 加索尔 加索爾 jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player 篮圈 籃圈 lán quān (basketball) hoop / ring 男子篮球 男子籃球 nán zǐ lán qiú men's basketball 篮 籃 lán basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball) syn 空心球 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot 我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 女装 女裝 nǚ zhuāng women's clothes 女权 女權 nǚ quán women's rights 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn 祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn 贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn 艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 妇女节 婦女節 fù nǚ jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 小可爱 小可愛 xiǎo kě ài cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment) 女单 女單 nǚ dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 女双 女雙 nǚ shuāng women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 三八节 三八節 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 女人家 nǚ rén jia women (in general) syn 红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 妇女联合会 婦女聯合會 fù nǚ lián hé huì women's union 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn 淑 shū (bound form) (of women) gentle / kind / lovely / admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2] 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 姚明 yáo míng Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 娅 婭 yà (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters / (used to transliterate foreign names) / (used in Chinese women's names) syn 帼 幗 guó cap worn by women / feminine 軿 píng curtained carriage used by women / to gather together / to assemble 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom) 三从四德 三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 syn 偷鸡摸狗 偷雞摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs syn 沉湎酒色 chén miǎn jiǔ sè to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom) / overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 红颜薄命 紅顏薄命 hóng yán bó mìng beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) 酒色之徒 jiǔ sè zhī tú follower of wine and women / dissolute person 秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful 男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi to regard men as superior to women (idiom) 绿惨红愁 綠慘紅愁 lǜ cǎn hóng chóu (of women) grieved appearance (idiom) / sorrowful mien 全球妇女环境大会 全球婦女環境大會 Global Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment / Global Women's Assembly on Environment 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 女足 nǚ zú women's soccer / women's football / women's soccer team 勾手 gōu shǒu to collude with / to collaborate / (basketball) hook shot 一对一斗牛 一對一鬥牛 yī duì yī dòu niú one-on-one basketball game 三对三斗牛 三對三鬥牛 sān duì sān dòu niú three-on-three basketball game 交叉运球 交叉運球 jiāo chā yùn qiú crossover dribble (basketball) 乔治城大学 喬治城大學 qiáo zhì chéng dà xué Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team 孙悦 孫悅 sūn yuè Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star 投篮机 投籃機 tóu lán jī arcade basketball machine / miniature hoops 挡拆 擋拆 dǎng chāi pick and roll (basketball) / screen and roll 易建联 易建聯 yì jiàn lián Yi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA) 球会 球會 qiú huì (HK) ball sports club (soccer, basketball etc) 迈克尔・乔丹 邁克爾・喬丹 mài kè ěr · qiáo dān Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player 盖帽儿 蓋帽兒 gài mào r to block a shot (basketball) / (dialect) excellent / fantastic 暴扣 bào kòu slam dunk (basketball) 林书豪 林書豪 lín shū háo Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA) 