Chinese symbol for “racket”
球拍
qiú pāi
(tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for racket is 球拍 (qiú pāi), defined as: (tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “racket”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拍 | pāi | to pat; to clap |
| 骗局 (騙局) | piàn jú | a swindle; a trap |
| 拍子 | pāi zi | beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) |
| 鼎沸 | dǐng fèi | a confused noise; a racket |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 球拍.
| 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) |
| 球员 (球員) | qiú yuán | (ball sports) player; team member |
| 篮球 (籃球) | lán qiú | basketball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī) |
| 拍摄 (拍攝) | pāi shè | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) |
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take a picture |
See also: Japanese symbol for “racket”.
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.