球 qiú

1. qiú noun a ball; a sphere; a globe
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'qiú' 球 n 1; Guoyu '球' n 4; NCCED '球' n 1; Unihan '球')
2. qiú measure word a ball of
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '球' n 6)
3. qiú noun the earth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 地球 (ABC 'qiú' 球 bf 2; NCCED '球' n 2)
4. qiú noun a ball game
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 球赛 (ABC 'qiú' 球 bf 3; NCCED '球' n 4)
5. qiú bound form a sphere
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geometry
   Notes: As in 球体 (Guoyu '球' n 3; ABC 'qiú' 球 bf 1; NCCED '球' n 5)
6. qiú noun jade; a gemstone
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 美玉 (Guoyu '球' n 1; Kroll 2015 '球' 1)
7. qiú noun a jade chime
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '球' n 2; Kroll 2015 '球' 2)

Contained in

• 壁球 squash
• 雪球 snowball
• 铅球(鉛球) shot put
• 南半球 Southern Hemisphere
• 球形 spherical; ball-shaped
• 球技 ball handling technique
• 八十天环游地球(八十天環遊地球) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
• 美式足球 American football
• 西半球 Western Hemisphere
• 传球(傳球) to pass (in soccer); to feed (ball)
• 台球桌 billiards table
• 马球(馬球) polo
• 嗜酸性球 eosinophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell)
• 球菌 coccus
• 垒球(壘球) softball
• 巧固球 tchoukball
• 网球赛(網球賽) tennis match; tennis competition
• 英式橄榄球(英式橄欖球) rugby
• 角球 corner kick (in soccer); free strike in hockey
• 盘球(盤球) to dribble
• 琉球角鸮(琉球角鴞) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)
• 猪链球菌病(豬鏈球菌病) streptococcus suis (swine-borne disease)
• 轻击球(輕擊球) to hit the ball lightly ; putt (golf)
• 环球定位系统(環球定位系統) global positioning system (GPS)
• 星球 celestial body
• 球状蛋白质(球狀蛋白質) globular protein
• 球星 sports star (ball sport)
• 球迷 sports fan
• 地球物理 geophysics
• 界内球(界內球) ball within bounds; fair ball (baseball)
• 点球(點球) penalty kick
• 杀球(殺球) to spike the ball (volleyball etc); to smash (tennis etc)
• 棒球迷 baseball fan
• 镰形血球贫血症(鐮形血球貧血症) sickle-cell anaemia; sickle-cell disease
• 美式橄榄球(美式橄欖球) American football
• 红血球生成素(紅血球生成素) erythropoietin (EPO)
• 环球音乐集团(環球音樂集團) Universal Music Group
• 地球型行星 telluric planet
• 球孢子菌病 Coccidioidomycosis
• 双球菌(雙球菌) diplococcus
• 看球 to watch a football game (or other ball game); Fore! (golf); Watch out for the ball!
• 保龄球(保齡球) ten-pin bowling ; bowling ball
• 地球化学(地球化學) geochemistry
• 棒球 baseball
• 球季 season (of baseball, football etc)
• 球类(球類) ball sports ; ball sports
• 地球村 global village

Also contained in

硫球 、 环球时报 、 小琉球 、 流球群岛

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Truncated for common words

• 卷五十六 張王種陳列傳 Volume 56: Biographies of Zhang, Wang, Zhong, Chen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 35
• 卷一百六十二 列傳第五十 尹昌隆 耿通 戴綸 陳祚 劉球 陳鑑 鍾同 章綸 廖莊 倪敬 楊瑄 Volume 162 Biographies 50: Yin Changlong, Geng Tong, Dai Lun, Chen Zuo, Liu Qiu, Chen Jian, Zhong Tong, Zhang Lun, Liao Zhuang, Ni Jing, Yang Xuan History of Ming 明史 — count: 28
• 卷七十七 酷吏列傳 Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 26
• 卷四十六 雜傳第三十四: 趙在禮 霍彥威 房知溫 王晏球 安重霸 王建立 康福 郭延魯 Volume 46 Miscellaneous Biographies 26: Zhao Zaili, Huo Yanwei, Fang Zhiwen, Wang Yanqiu, An Zhongba, Wang Jianli, Kang Fu, Guo Yanlu New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 25
• 卷二十三　列傳第十三 王誕 王華 王惠 王彧 Volume 23 Biographies 13: Wang Dan, Wang Hua, Wang Hui, Wang Yu History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 24
• 卷六十四 唐書40: 列傳16 霍彥威 王晏球 戴思遠 朱漢賓 孔勍 劉 周知裕 Volume 64 Book of Later Tang 40: Biographies 16 - Hou Yanwei, Wang Yanqiu, Dai Siyuan, Zhu Hanbin, Kong Qing, Liu, Zhou Zhiyu Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 24
• 卷五十八 列傳第十八 王惠 Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 18
• 卷三十九 唐書15: 明宗本紀五 Volume 39 Book of Later Tang 15: Mingzong Annals 5 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 10
• 卷一百五十三 志第一百〇六 輿服五 Volume 153 Treatises 106: Carriages and Clothes 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
• 卷一百〇六 漢書8: 列傳三 王周 劉審交 武漢球 張瓘 李殷 劉在明 馬萬 李彥從 郭謹 皇甫立 白再榮 張鵬 Volume 106 Book of Later Jin 8: Biographies 3 - Wang Zhou, Liu Shenjiao, Wu Hanqiu, Zhang Guan, Li Yin, Liu Zaiming, Ma Wan, Li Yancong, Guo Jin, Huang Fuli, Bai Zairong, Zhang Peng Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 8

Collocations

• 阳球 (陽球) 衛尉陽球 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八 孝靈帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xiaoling — count: 18
• 陈球 (陳球) 零陵太守陳球拒之 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七 孝桓帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Xiaohuan — count: 14
• 王球 (王球) 而太守王球召以補吏 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十六 陳王列傳 Volume 66: Biographies of Chen, Wang — count: 11
• 骆球 (駱球) 永嘉太守駱球 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十 帝紀第十 帝 恭帝 Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor An; Emperor Gong — count: 6
• 子球 (子球) 默子球 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十六 魏書十六 任蘇杜鄭倉傳 Volume 16: Book of Wei 16 - Biographies of Ren, Su, Du, Zheng, and Cang — count: 5
• 球曰 (球曰) 球曰 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十六 張王種陳列傳 Volume 56: Biographies of Zhang, Wang, Zhong, Chen — count: 5
• 球等 (球等) 球等恐並殺其子 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十一 李陳龐陳橋列傳 Volume 51: Biographies of Li, Chen, Pang, Chen, Qiao — count: 4
• 球议 (球議) 忠省球議 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十六 張王種陳列傳 Volume 56: Biographies of Zhang, Wang, Zhong, Chen — count: 3
• 球弟 (球弟) 球弟豫 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十六 魏書十六 任蘇杜鄭倉傳 Volume 16: Book of Wei 16 - Biographies of Ren, Su, Du, Zheng, and Cang — count: 3
• 球字 (球字) 陳球字伯真 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十六 張王種陳列傳 Volume 56: Biographies of Zhang, Wang, Zhong, Chen — count: 3