HSK 4 · Objects

乒乓球 pīngpāngqiú “table tennis” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 乒乓球 means

  1. table tennis
  2. ping-pong
  3. table tennis ball

Measure word 个 gè · 一个乒乓球 yí ge pīngpāngqiú

How to say 乒乓球

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale乒pīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale乓pāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale球qiú2nd tone, rising

乒乓球 in a sentence

  1. 中国乒乓球队进行了一个月的封闭式冬训。

    Zhōngguó pīngpāngqiú duì jìnxíng le yí ge yuè de fēngbìshì dōngxùn.

    The Chinese table tennis team did a month of closed-door winter training.

    Sentence #1583540 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们队是这次乒乓球比赛得标的热门队。

    Wǒmen duì shì zhè cì pīngpāngqiú bǐsài dé biāo de rèmén duì.

    Our team is one of the favourites to win this table tennis tournament.

    Sentence #1583538 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 乒乓球 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 乒 (pīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
乒pīngping
  • 丘mound · qiū
  • 丿slash · piě
The character 乓 (pāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
乓pāngbang
  • 丘mound · qiū
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 球 (qiú) with each of its parts in a different colour
球qiúball used for playing games
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 求to seek · qiúSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 求 (qiú) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiú.

Memory aidJade 王 with 求 (qiú) for the sound: a round bead of jade, so a ball.

How to write 乒乓球

乒 6 strokes · 乓 6 strokes · 球 11 strokes

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乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 乒乓球

Words with 球

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FAQs

乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú) means “table tennis” or “ping-pong”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it pīngpāngqiú: pīng with a 1st tone, then pāng with a 1st tone, then qiú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 乒乓球 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one table tennis is 一个乒乓球 (yí ge pīngpāngqiú).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingpangqiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 乒乓球 from the suggestions. Typing pingpangqiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
乒乓球 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.