保龄球 (bǎolíngqiú): bowling

Measure Word

一个保龄球 gè

Meanings

1 bowling
2 bowling ball

Characters

Examples

我们周末去打保龄球吧。

Wǒmen zhōumò qù dǎ bǎolíngqiú ba.

Let's go bowling this weekend.

他打保龄球打得很好。

Tā dǎ bǎolíngqiú dǎ de hěn hǎo.

He's very good at bowling.

Tips

memory

保龄 is a phonetic transliteration of 'bowling'. The 球 (ball) at the end makes it literally 'bowling ball' but it refers to the sport too.

Stroke Order

保 bǎo

龄 líng

球 qiú

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