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籃球

简篮球 · 繁籃球

Mandarin · pinyin lán qiú

basketball
Classifier: 個 gè, 隻 zhī

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籃: Look up this written character
球: qiú · ball, sphere, globe; round
篮: lán · basket

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2–2 · lan2 qiu2

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laam4 kau4

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noun

basketball (sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop)
basketball (particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball)

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