bàngqiú

baseball

In Chinese, the word for 'baseball' is '棒球', pronounced 'bàngqiú'. This is a common word in China for the sport loved and played by many. It's widely used in conversation and can be identified by any Chinese speaker. Like many Chinese words, it is a compound where each character has meaning - '棒' means stick or bat, and '球' means ball, so together they represent the physical components of a baseball game.