# 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú) means “table tennis; ping-pong”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: table tennis; ping-pong
- Pinyin: pīngpāngqiú (ping1 pang1 qiu2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 周末我喜欢和朋友打乒乓球。
  Zhōumò wǒ xǐhuan hé péngyou dǎ pīngpāngqiú.
  On weekends, I like playing table tennis with friends.

## Characters

- 乒 (pīng): (onom.) ping; bing
- 乓 (pāng): (onom.) bang
- [球](https://hanziro.com/word/qiu-ball/) (qiú): ball; ball game

https://hanziro.com/word/ping-pang-qiu-table-tennis/

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