Sport & Leisure: Vocabulary for hobbies, games, and free time

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Pinyin is the standard romanisation used to show Mandarin pronunciation using the Latin alphabet. You’ll often see tone marks on the vowels to show the four tones (plus the neutral tone), for example mā / má / mǎ / mà / ma. “Numbered pinyin” shows the same tones using a number after the syllable instead of tone marks, for example ma1 / ma2 / ma3 / ma4 / ma (sometimes written as ma5 for the neutral tone). Numbered pinyin is handy when you can’t easily type tone marks, while tone-mark pinyin is usually easier to read once you’re used to it.

参观

• Pinyin: cān guān
• Numbered pinyin: can1 guan1
• English translation: to visit (a place)

活动

• Pinyin: huó dòng
• Numbered pinyin: huo2 dong4
• English translation: activity, event

篮球

• Pinyin: lán qiú
• Numbered pinyin: lan2 qiu2
• English translation: basketball

排球

• Pinyin: pái qiú
• Numbered pinyin: pai2 qiu2
• English translation: volleyball

球场

• Pinyin: qiú chǎng
• Numbered pinyin: qiu2 chang3
• English translation: sports ground

球队

• Pinyin: qiú duì
• Numbered pinyin: qiu2 dui4
• English translation: sports team

体育

• Pinyin: tǐ yù
• Numbered pinyin: ti3 yu4
• English translation: physical education, sports

体育场

• Pinyin: tǐ yù chǎng
• Numbered pinyin: ti3 yu4 chang3
• English translation: sports ground, stadium

体育馆

• Pinyin: tǐ yù guǎn
• Numbered pinyin: ti3 yu4 guan3
• English translation: gymnasium

网球

• Pinyin: wǎng qiú
• Numbered pinyin: wang3 qiu2
• English translation: tennis

休假

• Pinyin: xiū jià
• Numbered pinyin: xiu1 jia4
• English translation: vacation, holiday

运动

• Pinyin: yùn dòng
• Numbered pinyin: yun4 dong4
• English translation: sports, exercise

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