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Hi friends, have you been watching the World Cup on TV? Are you interested in it? Anyway, today I would like to present you with some new words about football/soccer in Chinese and hope it is a little help to you in improving your Chinese...

NEW WORDS :

Please click on any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then to read it after me.

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the World Cup: shijiebei -- 世界杯
football / soccer:   -- zuqiu -- 足球
football: meishi zuqiu -- 美式足球
soccer: yingshi zuqiu -- 英式足球
football /soccer game: zuqiu bisai -- 足球比赛
football /soccer game: zuqiusai -- 足球赛
play football/soccer:   -- 踢足球
football/soccer court /field: zuqiu chang --   足球场
a soccer team: zuqiu dui -- 足球队
footballer: zuqiu yundongyuan 足球运动员
football coach: zuqiu jiaolian 足球教练
forward:   qianfeng -- 前锋
center forward: zhongfeng -- 中锋
winger: bianfeng --   边锋
sweeper: houwei -- 后卫
goalkeeper:   shoumenyuan -- 守门员
coach:   jiaolian -- 教练
head coach:   zhu jiaolian -- 主教练
referee: caipan -- 裁判
football fans: zuqiumi -- 足球迷
cheer team : lalabiu -- 啦啦队
the football circles: zuqiudui -- 足球界
the football circles:   zutan -- 足坛
champion: guanjun -- 冠军
the second place: yajun -- 亚军
the third place: disanming -- 第三名


If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends. :-)   
--Shirley
Written, Translated and Recorded It On Sat, June 17, 2006