踢球 (tīqiú): to play football

Meanings

Wǒmen xiàwǔ qù tīqiú ba.

Let's go play football this afternoon.

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuan tīqiú.

He's liked playing football since he was little.

usage

踢球 usually refers to soccer/football. For basketball use 打球, for volleyball use 打排球.

踢 tī

球 qiú