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

• 核球 core; pellet; central bulge; caryosphere
• 全球暖化 global warming
• 地球轨道(地球軌道) earth orbit
• 澳式橄榄球(澳式橄欖球) Australian rules football / Aussie rules
• 美式橄榄球(美式橄欖球) American football
• 环球(環球) global; worldwide
• 踢皮球 a rubber ball ; passing the buck
• 球弹(球彈) ball (in sport, incl. billiards)
• 男子篮球(男子籃球) men's basketball
• 花式足球 freestyle soccer
• 超足球 premier soccer league; superleague
• 界内球(界內球) ball within bounds; fair ball (baseball)
• 球磨机(球磨機) ball mill
• 壁球 squash
• 绣球藤(繡球藤) Clematis montana
• 造型气球(造型氣球) balloon modeling; balloon twisting
• 打高尔夫球(打高爾夫球) to play golf
• 篮球场(籃球場) basketball court
• 抛绣球(拋繡球) throwing the embroidered ball; to make overtures
• 链球(鏈球) hammer throw
• 断球(斷球) to steal; to intercept the ball
• 葡萄球菌 staphylococcus
• 球棍 club; bat
• 悠悠球 yo-yo
• 气球(氣球) a balloon
• 让球(讓球) to concede points (in a game)
• 冰球 ice hockey; puck
• 全球性 global
• 铁球(鐵球) kung fu balls
• 球迷 sports fan
• 东半球(東半球) the Eastern Hemisphere; the Old World
• 地球物理学(地球物理學) geophysics
• 上海环球金融中心(上海環球金融中心) Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper
• 白血球 white blood cell; leucocyte
• 赌球(賭球) (ball) sports betting
• 九号球(九號球) nine-ball (billiards game)
• 热气球(熱氣球) hot air balloon
• 球芽甘蓝(球芽甘藍) Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)
• 猪链球菌病(豬鏈球菌病) streptococcus suis (swine-borne disease)
• 松球 pine cone
• 巧固球 tchoukball
• 全球通 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• 球道 fairway (golf); lane (ten-pin bowling)
• 北半球 Northern Hemisphere
• 整个地球(整個地球) the whole world
• 绣球花(繡球花) hydrangea
• 冰球场(冰球場) ice hockey rink
• 星球 celestial body

Also contained in

星球大战 、 硫球 、 琉球国

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• 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
• 第十九回 Chapter 19 The Scholars 儒林外史 — 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
• 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: 16
• 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
• 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
• 球卒 (球卒) 尚書郎顧球卒 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六 帝紀第六 中宗元帝 肅宗明帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Yuan; Emperor Ming — count: 3
• 鸣球 (鳴球) 戛擊鳴球 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 3
• 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