Ping pong in Chinese (Mandarin): 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 乒乓球

• 乒

  Ping: the sound of the ball. It looks like 兵 with one leg missing.

  6 strokes

• 乓

  Pong: the sound of the ball. The other leg is missing.

  6 strokes

• 球

  Ball.

  11 strokes

乒 and 乓 copy the sound of the ball on the table. Play it with 打 (dǎ, hit): 打乒乓球. It is one of China's favorite sports.

More examples with 乒乓球

• 我们一起打乒乓球吧。

  我們一起打乒乓球吧。

  Wǒmen yìqǐ dǎ pīngpāngqiú ba.

  Let's play ping pong together.

• 乒乓球是白色的。

  Pīngpāngqiú shì báisè de.

  The ping pong ball is white.

How to write 乒乓球 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.