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

• 球面度 steradian
• 环球(環球) global; worldwide
• 月球车(月球車) moon buggy
• 全球暖化 global warming
• 棒球迷 baseball fan
• 打球 to play ball; to play with a ball
• 琉球角鸮(琉球角鴞) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)
• 球孢子菌病 Coccidioidomycosis
• 点球(點球) penalty kick
• 接球 to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc); to catch a ball thrown by sb
• 红血球(紅血球) erythrocyte; red blood cell
• 椭球(橢球) ellipsoid
• 棉球 cotton ball; swab; tampon
• 台球桌 billiards table
• 赌球(賭球) (ball) sports betting
• 全球化 globalization
• 险球(險球) dangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc)
• 垒球(壘球) softball
• 高球杯 highball
• 地球型行星 telluric planet
• 悠悠球 yo-yo
• 铲球(鏟球) sliding tackle (soccer)
• 轻击球(輕擊球) to hit the ball lightly ; putt (golf)
• 溜溜球 yo-yo
• 桌球 table tennis; table tennis ball; billiards; pool; snooker
• 手球 team handball
• 擦边球(擦邊球) to skirt the line legally or morally
• 地球物理 geophysics
• 球场会馆(球場會館) clubhouse (golf)
• 地滚球(地滾球) ten-pin bowling; bowling ball; (baseball etc) ground ball
• 全球气候升温(全球氣候升溫) global warming
• 乌龙球(烏龍球) own goal (ball sports)
• 球馆(球館) arena
• 浴球 shower puff; bath sponge; bath ball (containing aromas or salts)
• 旋转球(旋轉球) spin ball
• 传球(傳球) to pass (in soccer); to feed (ball)
• 清洁球(清潔球) scouring ball
• 八十天环游地球(八十天環遊地球) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
• 乒乓球拍 ping-pong paddle
• 球蛋白 globulin
• 白血球 white blood cell; leucocyte
• 半球 hemisphere
• 热气球(熱氣球) hot air balloon
• 小钢球(小鋼球) iron pellet; shrapnel
• 抛绣球(拋繡球) throwing the embroidered ball; to make overtures
• 全球位置测定系统(全球位置測定系統) GPS (Global Positioning System)
• 高尔夫球(高爾夫球) golf; golf ball

Also contained in

琉球国 、 轨迹球 、 小琉球 、 琉球乡

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 球奏 (球奏) 時司隸校尉陽球奏誅王甫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十五 皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan — count: 3