台球

tái qiú

HSK 3.0 Level 6 Noun Uncommon

Definitions

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billiards

撞球 is a synonym for billiards used mainly in Taiwan.

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table tennis

Both are cue sports, but 台球 is billiards and 乒乓球 is table tennis.

snooker (loanword)

斯诺克 is snooker, a specific form of billiards.

Use the measure word 桌 for a table: 一桌台球 (a table of billiards).

Don't confuse 台球 (billiards) with 地球 (earth); similar Pinyin but unrelated.

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我们周末去打了台球。

We went to play billiards over the weekend.

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billiards table

desk; table; counter

ball