Lesson23: Sport

"Healthy inside, Healthy outside" that's my motto to be healthy in life. lol

So, let's start with sport = 運動 (yun dong | ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ)

what sport do you like? = 你喜歡什麼運動? (ni xihuan sheme yundong? | ㄋㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄜ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ?)

I like ___ = 我喜歡 ___ (wo xihuan ___ | ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ ___)

soccer = 足球 (zu qiu | ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)

volleyball = 排球 (pai qiu | ㄆㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)

basketball = 籃球 (lan qiu | ㄌㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)

swimming = 游泳 (you yong | 一ㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ)

badminton = 羽毛球 (yu mao qiu | ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)

table tennis = 桌球 (zhuo qiu | ㄓㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)

taekwondo = 跆拳道 (tai quan dao | ㄊㄞˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ)

To play = 玩 (wan | ㄨㄢˊ) is usually used in sport.

You can find it in a conversation like:

Do you want to play with us? = 你要跟我們一起玩嗎? (ni yao gen women yiqi wan ma? | ㄋㄧˇ 一ㄠˋ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣ 一ˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨㄢˊ ㄇㄚ?)

or simply

Do you want to play? = 你要玩嗎? (ni yao wan ma? | ㄋㄧˇ 一ㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄇㄚ?)

Can I play? = 我可以玩嗎? (wo keyi wan ma? | ㄨㄛˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ ㄨㄢˊ ㄇㄚ?)

There are some verbs to replace to play to indicate that you are really playing such as hit = 打 (da | ㄉㄚˇ), kick = 踢(ti | ㄊㄧ) or practice = 練 (lian | ㄌㄧㄢˋ)

play volleyball = 打排球 (da pai qiu |ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)

play soccer = 踢足球 (ti zu qiu | ㄊㄧ ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ)

play taekwondo = 練跆拳道 (lian tai quan dao | ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋ)