打
篮
球

To play basketball in Chinese: 打篮球 (dǎ lán qiú)

dǎ lán qiú

to play basketball

HSK 2Traditional: 打籃球2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to play basketball

Stroke order

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打
篮
球

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ㄉㄚˇ

dǎ

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄢˊ

lán

ㄌ/ lㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧㄡˊ

qiú

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

打篮球

Simplified

打籃球

Traditional

Example sentences

See 打篮球 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我不打篮球。

    wǒ bù dǎ lán qiú。

    I don't play basketball.

  • 他不打篮球。

    tā bù dǎ lán qiú。

    He doesn't play basketball.

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Related words

打

dǎ

to beat

球

qiú

ball

打扫

dǎ sǎo

to clean

打算

dǎ suàn

to plan

打扮

dǎ ban

to decorate

打扰

dǎ rǎo

to disturb

打印

dǎ yìn

to affix a seal

打折

dǎ zhé

to give a discount

打针

dǎ zhēn

to give or have an injection

地球

dì qiú

the earth

网球

wǎng qiú

tennis

打工

dǎ gōng

to work a temporary or casual job

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