# 篮球 (lánqiú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 篮球 (lánqiú) means “basketball”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: basketball
- Pinyin: lánqiú (lan2 qiu2)
- Traditional: 籃球
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- Measure word: 个、只

## Examples

- 他们常常一起打篮球。
  Tāmen chángcháng yìqǐ dǎ lánqiú.
  They often play basketball together.

## Characters

- 篮 (lán): basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
- [球](https://hanziro.com/word/qiu-ball/) (qiú): ball; ball game

https://hanziro.com/word/lan-qiu-basketball/

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