台球
tái qiú
Pinyin

Definition

台球
 - 
tái qiú
  1. billiards

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

全球
quán qiú
  1. 1 entire
  2. 2 total
  3. 3 global
  4. 4 the (whole) world
  5. 5 worldwide
台
Tái
  1. 1 Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. 2 surname Tai
台湾
Tái wān
  1. 1 variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tái wān]
地球
dì qiú
  1. 1 the earth
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
平台
píng tái
  1. 1 platform
  2. 2 terrace
  3. 3 flat-roofed building
星球
xīng qiú
  1. 1 celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc)
  2. 2 heavenly body
球
qiú
  1. 1 ball
  2. 2 sphere
  3. 3 globe
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 ball game
  6. 6 match
  7. 7 CL:場|场[chǎng]
篮球
lán qiú
  1. 1 basketball
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
舞台
wǔ tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 arena
  3. 3 fig. in the limelight
足球
zú qiú
  1. 1 soccer ball
  2. 2 a football
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 soccer
  5. 5 football
上台
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
下台
xià tái
  1. 1 to go off the stage
  2. 2 to fall from position of prestige
  3. 3 to step down (from office etc)
  4. 4 to disentangle oneself
  5. 5 to get off the hook
乒乓球
pīng pāng qiú
  1. 1 table tennis
  2. 2 ping-pong
  3. 3 table tennis ball
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
保龄球
bǎo líng qiú
  1. 1 ten-pin bowling (loanword)
  2. 2 bowling ball
传球
chuán qiú
  1. 1 pass (in soccer)
  2. 2 to feed (ball)
全球通
quán qiú tōng
  1. 1 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
出台
chū tái
  1. 1 to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
  2. 2 to appear on stage
  3. 3 to appear publicly
  4. 4 (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
前台
qián tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 proscenium
  3. 3 foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
  4. 4 front desk
  5. 5 reception desk
  6. 6 (computing) front-end
  7. 7 foreground
半球
bàn qiú
  1. 1 hemisphere
台下
tái xià
  1. 1 off the stage
  2. 2 in the audience

Idioms (11)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
稳坐钓鱼台
wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
走马章台
zǒu mǎ zhāng tái
  1. 1 to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
  1. 1 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
  1. 1 the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from intimacy with an influential person

Sample Sentences

今天跟几个同学去打台球了。
jīntiān gēn jǐ gè tóngxué qù dǎ táiqiú le 。
Today I went to play pool with some classmates.
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好，我也是很长时间没打过台球了，特别是跟高手过招。
hǎo ，wǒ yě shì hěn cháng shíjiān méi dǎ guo táiqiú le ，tèbié shì gēn gāoshǒu guòzhāo 。
All right. I haven't played billiards in quite some time, especially with such a shark.
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