HSK 2 · Common Verbs

踢足球 tīzúqiú “to play football (football)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 踢足球 means

  1. to play football (football)

How to say 踢足球

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale踢tī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale足zú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale球qiú2nd tone, rising

踢足球 in a sentence

  1. 我们去踢足球吧！

    Wǒmen qù tīzúqiú ba!

    Let’s go and play soccer!

    Sentence #11231395 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那个女孩不喜欢踢足球。

    Nà ge nǚhái bù xǐhuan tīzúqiú.

    That girl doesn’t like playing football.

    Sentence #784044 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 踢足球 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 踢 (tī) with each of its parts in a different colour
踢tīto kick
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 易to change · yìSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 易 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tī.

The character 足 (jù) drawn as one shape
足jùexcessive

足 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a leg with a foot below: foot. You see it on the left of 跑 (pǎo) “run”, 跳 (tiào) “jump” and 踢 (tī) “kick”.

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 踢足球

踢 15 strokes · 足 7 strokes · 球 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 踢足球

Words with 踢

踢tī · to kick

Words with 足

足球zúqiú · football满足mǎnzú · to satisfy不足bùzú · insufficient立足lìzú · to gain a foothold充足chōngzú · sufficient十足shízú · complete足以zúyǐ · enough to举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness

Words with 球

球qiú · ball篮球lánqiú · basketball足球zúqiú · football打篮球dǎlánqiú · to play basketball球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court网球wǎngqiú · tennis地球dìqiú · the earth乒乓球pīngpāngqiú · table tennis羽毛球yǔmáoqiú · shuttlecock球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)

More words: Common Verbs

跑步pǎobù · to run起床qǐchuáng · to get up上班shàngbān · to go to work说话shuōhuà · to speak休息xiūxi · to rest找zhǎo · to look for帮助bāngzhù · to help介绍jièshào · to introduce

FAQs

踢足球 (tīzúqiú) means “to play football (football)”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it tīzúqiú: tī with a 1st tone, then zú with a 2nd 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. 踢足球 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tizuqiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 踢足球 from the suggestions. Typing tizuqiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
踢足球 is an HSK 2 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.