棒球
bàngqiú
Baseball in Chinese is 棒球 (bàngqiú).
The word 棒球 refers to the ball game known as baseball. When you want to say you are playing baseball, you use the verb 打 (to hit) followed by the noun, resulting in the phrase 打棒球.
Meaning: ball game (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The term 棒球 is composed of two parts: 棒 (bàng), which means 'stick' or 'club' and 球 (qiú), which means 'ball'.
How do you pronounce it?
bàngqiú
Did you know?
- Taiwan is the most baseball-centric society in the Chinese-speaking world, where 棒球 is often regarded as the national sport despite the global popularity of soccer.
- While 棒球 refers to the sport, the term 棒 is used as a common slang word for 'awesome' or 'great'. A person who is exceptionally good at something might be described as 太棒了.
- In Chinese sports terminology, any game involving a ball that is hit with a racket or bat uses 打, while games played with the feet use 踢, creating a linguistic divide between 'hand-ball' and 'foot-ball' sports.
Examples in context
- 我們去打棒球吧。Let's play baseball!This sentence shows how to suggest playing baseball using 棒球.Tatoeba #3706752 by egg0073, translation #54226 by CK
- 棒球賽季開始了。Baseball season has begun.This sentence illustrates the use of 棒球 when discussing the start of a season.Tatoeba #13532029 by LeviHighway, translation #4496002 by CK
- 我看到他在打棒球。I saw him playing baseball.This sentence demonstrates the use of 棒球 when describing someone playing the game.Tatoeba #1428127 by sadhen, translation #260150 by CK
- 看棒球比赛Watch a baseball game
- 棒球迷Baseball fan
- 打棒球Play baseball
- 87 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about their weekend plans at a park.
- 梓涵 Zihan你想去打棒球嗎？Nǐ xiǎng qù dǎ bàngqiú ma?Do you want to play baseball?
- 俊杰 Junjie好啊，我正好想運動。Hǎo a, wǒ zhènghǎo xiǎng yùndòng.Sure, I was just looking to exercise.
- 梓涵 Zihan那我帶球去。Nà wǒ dài qiú qù.Then I will bring the ball.
- 俊杰 Junjie那我們在操場見。Nà wǒmen zài cāochǎng jiàn.Then let's meet at the playground.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “baseball” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
