橄榄球 meaning in English
football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
Traditional 橄欖球39 strokes
Meaning of 橄榄球
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
gǎnlǎnqiú
- football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
橄榄球 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他曾是个英式橄榄球运动员。
He was a rugby player.
橄榄球英语怎么说？
How do you say "rugby" in English?
他很擅长橄榄球。
He is good at rugby.
我喜欢橄榄球，但不像我喜欢篮球那么喜欢。
I like rugby, but not as much as I like basketball.
Stroke order for each character
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橄 gǎn · olive · 15 strokes
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榄 lǎn · olive · 13 strokes
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球 qiú · ball · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 橄榄球.
| 打球 | dǎ qiú | to play a ball sport |
| 地球 | dìqiú | the earth |
| 球队 | qiúduì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
| 球场 | qiúchǎng | stadium; sports ground |
| 篮球 | lánqiú | basketball |
| 网球 | wǎngqiú | tennis; tennis ball |
| 排球 | páiqiú | volleyball |
| 球鞋 | qiúxié | athletic shoes |
| 全球 | quánqiú | the whole world; worldwide; global |
| 足球 | zúqiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
| 球迷 | qiúmí | fan (ball sports) |
| 气球 | qìqiú | balloon |
Questions about 橄榄球
What does 橄榄球 mean?
橄榄球 (gǎnlǎnqiú) means "football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)".
How do you write 橄榄球?
橄榄球 is made of 3 characters: 橄 (15 strokes), 榄 (13 strokes), 球 (11 strokes). That is 39 strokes in total.
How is 橄榄球 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 橄榄球 is written 橄欖球.