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Chinese symbol for “game”

球赛
qiú sài
Traditional: 球賽
(ball sports) game; match; 场 (chǎng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for game is 球赛 (qiú sài), defined as: (ball sports) game; match; 场 (chǎng).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes
赛 sài
to compete, to contend; contest, race
radical 154 ⾙ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “game”

WordPinyinMeaning
野味yě wèigame; wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport

Related words

Other words that share a character with 球赛.

WordPinyinMeaning
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
地球dì qiúthe earth
球队 (球隊)qiú duìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
球员 (球員)qiú yuán(ball sports) player; team member
篮球 (籃球)lán qiúbasketball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī)
比赛 (比賽)bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match
竞赛 (競賽)jìng sàito compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race

See also: Japanese symbol for “game”.

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.