Soccer in Chinese (Mandarin): 足球 (zúqiú)

足球
zúqiú
soccer
- Simplified
- 足球
- Traditional
- 足球
- Pinyin
- zúqiú
- Typed as
- zuqiu
Use it in a sentence
我们在草地上踢足球。
我們在草地上踢足球。
We play soccer on the grass.
The characters in 足球
足
Foot.
7 strokes
球
Ball. 王 (jade) is on the left.
11 strokes
足球 is a "foot ball": soccer. To play it is 踢足球 (tī zúqiú, kick soccer). American football is 美式足球 (Měishì zúqiú).
More examples with 足球
我喜欢踢足球。
我喜歡踢足球。
Wǒ xǐhuan tī zúqiú.
I like playing soccer.
他把足球踢进了球门。
他把足球踢進了球門。
Tā bǎ zúqiú tī jìn le qiúmén.
He kicked the soccer ball into the goal.
How to write 足球 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
足 7 strokes
球 11 strokes
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