HSK 4 · Objects

羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú “shuttlecock” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 羽毛球 means

  1. shuttlecock
  2. badminton

How to say 羽毛球

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale羽yǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale毛máo2nd 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

羽毛球 in a sentence

  1. 他的羽毛球打得真厉害。

    Tā de yǔmáoqiú dǎ de zhēn lìhai.

    He’s really good at badminton.

    Sentence #12568849 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们常在这儿打羽毛球。

    Tāmen cháng zài zhèr dǎ yǔmáoqiú.

    They play badminton here often.

    Sentence #1231595 from Tatoeba

  3. 我以前常去打羽毛球，但现在不打了。

    Wǒ yǐqián cháng qù dǎ yǔmáoqiú, dàn xiànzài bù dǎ le.

    I used to play badminton a lot, but I don’t any more.

    Sentence #369122 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 羽毛球 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 羽 (yǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
羽yǔfeather
  • 习to study · xí
  • 习to study · xí
The character 毛 (máo) with each of its parts in a different colour
毛máohair
  • 乇to depend on · zhé
  • 一one · yī
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 羽毛球

羽 6 strokes · 毛 4 strokes · 球 11 strokes

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

Words related to 羽毛球

Words with 羽

羽绒服yǔróngfú · down jacket

Words with 毛

毛máo · hair毛巾máojīn · towel眉毛méimao · eyebrow毛病máobìng · fault

Words with 球

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

More words: Everyday Things

牙膏yágāo · toothpaste样子yàngzi · appearance钥匙yàoshi · key印象yìnxiàng · impression原因yuányīn · cause杂志zázhì · magazine责任zérèn · responsibility知识zhīshi · knowledge

FAQs

羽毛球 (yǔmáoqiú) means “shuttlecock” or “badminton”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yǔmáoqiú: yǔ with a 3rd tone, then máo 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. 羽毛球 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yumaoqiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 羽毛球 from the suggestions. Typing yumaoqiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
羽毛球 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.