乒乓球
pīng pāng qiú
Pinyin

Definition

乒乓球
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pīng pāng qiú
  1. table tennis
  2. ping-pong
  3. table tennis ball
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

全球
quán qiú
  1. 1 entire
  2. 2 total
  3. 3 global
  4. 4 the (whole) world
  5. 5 worldwide
地球
dì qiú
  1. 1 the earth
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
打球
dǎ qiú
  1. 1 to play ball
  2. 2 to play with a ball
星球
xīng qiú
  1. 1 celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc)
  2. 2 heavenly body
球
qiú
  1. 1 ball
  2. 2 sphere
  3. 3 globe
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 ball game
  6. 6 match
  7. 7 classifier: 场 chǎng

Sample Sentences

我不喜欢打乒乓球。
wǒ bù xǐhuan dǎ pīngpāngqiú 。
I don't like to play ping pong.
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我会跟朋友去公园打乒乓球，要不要去啊？
wǒ huì gēn péngyou qù gōngyuán dǎ pīngpāngqiú ，yào bù yào qù a ？
I am going to the park to play Ping-Pong with my friends. Do you want to go with us?
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那么，羽毛球和乒乓球呢？
nàme ，yǔmáoqiú hé pīngpāngqiú ne ？
Then what about badminton and ping pong?
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我不都喜欢。我喜欢打羽毛球，不喜欢打乒乓球。
wǒ bù dōu xǐhuan 。wǒ xǐhuan dǎ yǔmáoqiú ，bù xǐhuan dǎ pīngpāngqiú 。
I don't like both. I like playing badminton, but I don't like playing ping pong.
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亏你还是个中国人，连乒乓球都不会打。
kuī nǐ háishì gè Zhōngguórén ，lián pīngpāngqiú dōu bù huì dǎ 。
It's a good thing that you're Chinese. You can't even play ping pong.
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观众朋友们，乒乓球男子单打决赛开始了。
guānzhòng péngyoumen ，pīngpāngqiú nánzǐ dāndǎ juésài kāishǐ le 。
Spectators, friends: The finals in the ping pong men’s singles have begun.
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但是如果中国一直统治乒坛，那乒乓球的国际市场就会越来越小。到时候变成只有中国人参与，就没有意义了。
dànshì rúguǒ Zhōngguó yīzhí tǒngzhì pīngtán ，nà pīngpāngqiú de guójì shìchǎng jiù huì yuèláiyuè xiǎo 。dào shíhou biànchéng zhǐyǒu zhōngguórén cānyù ，jiù méiyǒu yìyì le 。
But if China continues to dominate ping pong, then the international market for ping pong will dwindle. It will then turn into a sport played only by Chinese, and then become meaningless.
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历史真有意思，两个超级大国几十年没有接触，却因为一个小乒乓球走到一起。
lìshǐ zhēn yǒu yìsi ，liǎng ge chāojí dàguó jǐ shí nián méiyǒu jiēchù ，què yīnwèi yī ge xiǎo pīngpāngqiú zǒudào yīqǐ 。
History is so interesting, two major superpowers for several years had no contact, however but due to the small game of ping pong, they were able to come together.
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对中国人来说，乒乓早就超越了运动本身，它代表了民族尊严。冷战时期，中国和外界的接触很少，好多运动都受到抵制不能开展。只有乒乓球能让我们跟国外交流。
duì zhōngguórén láishuō ，pīngpāng zǎo jiù chāoyuè le yùndòng běnshēn ，tā dàibiǎo le mínzú zūnyán 。lěngzhàn shíqī ，Zhōngguó hé wàijiè de jiēchù hěn shǎo ，hǎo duō yùndòng dōu shòudào dǐzhì bùnéng kāizhǎn 。zhǐyǒu pīngpāngqiú néng ràng wǒmen gēn guówài jiāoliú 。
For Chinese people, ping pong is more than just a sport, it represents their ethnic dignity. During the cold war, China had little contact with foreign countries, as many banned them from participating in international competitions, and therefore were unable to develop other sports. Ping pong was the only sport that allowed us to interact with other countries.
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