伸卡球

shēnkǎqiú
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 sinker (baseball pitch)

Examples

Tā de shēnkǎqiú sùdù kuài, xiàchén fúdù dà.
His sinker is fast and drops sharply.
Dǎzhě hěn nán dǎ zhòng shēnkǎqiú.
Batters have a hard time making contact with a sinker.

Tips

usage
Loanword: transliterates the 'sink-' sound; ('extend') is a quasi-meaningful add-on suggesting the ball's late movement. Used in Taiwanese, Japanese-Chinese baseball commentary, and increasingly in Mainland coverage of MLB and NPB.

Stroke Order

shēn
qiú