# 气球 (qìqiú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 气球 (qìqiú) means “balloon”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: balloon
- Pinyin: qìqiú (qi4 qiu2)
- Traditional: 氣球
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 孩子们手里拿着彩色的气球。
  Háizimen shǒulǐ ná zhe cǎisè de qìqiú.
  The children held colorful balloons in their hands.

## Characters

- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas
- [球](https://hanziro.com/word/qiu-ball/) (qiú): ball; ball game

https://hanziro.com/word/qi-qiu-balloon/

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