开球 meaning in English

kāiqiú

open ball (math.); to start a ball game

Traditional 開球15 strokes

Meaning of 开球

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāiqiú
  1. open ball (math.)
  2. to start a ball game
  3. to kick off (soccer)
  4. to tee off (golf)

开球 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ知zhī道dào什shén么me时shí候hòu要yào中zhōng线xiàn开kāi球qiú吗ma?
Do you have any idea what time is kickoff?
裁cái判pàn抛pāo硬yìng币bì来lái决jué定dìng谁shuí来lái开kāi球qiú。
The coin toss decides who will kick off the match.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

球 qiú · ball · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 开球.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
打球dǎ qiúto play a ball sport
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
地球dìqiúthe earth
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
球队qiúduìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
球场qiúchǎngstadium; sports ground

Questions about 开球

What does 开球 mean?

开球 (kāiqiú) means "open ball (math.); to start a ball game".

How do you write 开球?

开球 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 球 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 开球 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开球 is written 開球.