How to pronounce da lan qiu (打篮球) in Chinese
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打篮球
dǎ lán qiú
Characters & meanings
to hit; to play (sports)
basket (in 篮球 basketball)
ball; sphere
Common mistake
Low + rising + rising (3-2-2): dip on dǎ, then two climbs in a row — reset pitch before qiú (aspirated q + iou) so the second rise doesn't flatten.
Example sentence
我们放学后打篮球。
Wǒmen fàngxué hòu dǎ lánqiú.
We play basketball after school.
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