手球

shǒuqiú
noun #34,278

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 handball (the team sport)
  2. 2 the handball itself (the ball)
  3. 3 a handball foul (in soccer — touching the ball with the hand or arm)

Examples

Tā cóng zhōngxué qǐ jiù kāishǐ dǎ shǒuqiú.
She's been playing handball since middle school.
Cáipàn pàn tā shǒuqiú, gěi le duìfāng yí ge diǎnqiú.
The referee called him for a handball and awarded the other team a penalty.

Tips

culture
Less popular in China than basketball or football, but European-style team handball is an Olympic event and shows up in PE classes and the Olympics broadcast. In soccer commentary 手球 nearly always means the foul, not the sport.
grammar
Verb collocations split by meaning: 打手 (to play handball, the sport) but 手球犯规 / 出现手球 (a handball foul occurred) in football contexts.

Stroke Order

shǒu
qiú