Chinese symbol for “dribble”
运球
yùn qiú
Traditional: 運球
to dribble (basketball, soccer etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dribble is 运球 (yùn qiú), defined as: to dribble (basketball, soccer etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dribble”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盘带 (盤帶) | pán dài | (soccer) to dribble |
| 盘球 (盤球) | pán qiú | (sports) to dribble |
| 黏涎子 | nián xián zi | saliva; dribble |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 运球.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 运用 (運用) | yùn yòng | to use; to put to use |
| 运行 (運行) | yùn xíng | (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation |
| 运输 (運輸) | yùn shū | to transport; to carry |
| 命运 (命運) | mìng yùn | fate; destiny |
| 幸运 (幸運) | xìng yùn | fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck |
| 全球 | quán qiú | the whole world; worldwide; global |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dribble”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.