撞球

zhuàngqiú

noun

Meanings

1 billiards
2 pool (game)
3 billiards ball

Characters

Examples

我们去撞球馆打几局吧。

Wǒmen qù zhuàngqiú guǎn dǎ jǐ jú ba.

Let's go to the pool hall and play a few rounds.

他撞球打得很好。

Tā zhuàngqiú dǎ de hěn hǎo.

He plays billiards very well.

Tips

register

撞球 is the standard term in Taiwan; mainland speakers more often say 台球 (táiqiú, table-ball). Both refer to billiards/pool/snooker.

memory

撞 (zhuàng) means to bump or collide — billiards is literally the bumping-ball game.

Stroke Order

撞 zhuàng

球 qiú