Chinese symbol for “player”
球员
qiú yuán
Traditional: 球員
(ball sports) player; team member
The closest CC-CEDICT match for player is 球员 (qiú yuán), defined as: (ball sports) player; team member.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “player”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玩家 | wán jiā | player (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) |
| 播放器 | bō fàng qì | player (device for playing audio or video); (computing) media player |
| 球手 | qiú shǒu | (ball sports) player |
| 播放机 (播放機) | bō fàng jī | player (e.g. CD player) |
| 竞赛者 (競賽者) | jìng sài zhě | player |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 球员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全球 | quán qiú | the whole world; worldwide; global |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
| 地球 | dì qiú | the earth |
| 球队 (球隊) | qiú duì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
| 篮球 (籃球) | lán qiú | basketball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī) |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
| 成员 (成員) | chéng yuán | member |
See also: Japanese symbol for “player”.
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.
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