无板篮球
wúbǎn lánqiú
The English word "netball" is translated into Mandarin as 无板篮球 (wúbǎn lánqiú).
无板篮球 refers to the team sport that is derived from basketball.
Meaning: team sport derived from basketball (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
wúbǎn lánqiú
Did you know?
- The word 无 in 无板篮球 is a formal literary negation. In everyday spoken Mandarin, people usually use 没 for 'not having' or 'without'.
- In Mandarin, the word 篮球 for 'basketball' contains the character 篮, which means 'basket'. This is a direct loan-translation from English.
- Because netball is much more popular in Commonwealth nations than in China, the term 无板篮球 is primarily found in academic or sporting textbooks rather than daily street slang.
Example conversation
Two friends are discussing their sports hobbies.
- 俊杰 Junjie雨婷，你想尝试打无板篮球吗？Yǔtíng, nǐ xiǎng chángshì dǎ wúbǎn lánqiú ma?Yuting, do you want to try playing netball?
- 雨婷 Yuting那是像篮球一样的运动吗？Nà shì xiàng lánqiú yīyàng de yùndòng ma?Is that a sport like basketball?
- 俊杰 Junjie是的，但规则不太一样。Shì de, dàn guīzé bù tài yīyàng.Yes, but the rules are a bit different.
- 雨婷 Yuting好啊，我想试试看。Hǎo a, wǒ xiǎng shìshì kàn.Okay, I want to give it a try.
