How to Say ‘I like playing basketball.’ in Traditional Chinese
我喜歡打籃球。
wǒ xǐ huān dǎ lán qiú
[wo xǐhuān dǎ lánqiú]
💬 Usage Tip: Ball sports use 打 (dǎ) "hit": 打籃球, 打網球 "play tennis." Soccer is the exception: 踢足球 (tī zú qiú) "kick."
Phrase Breakdown
我喜歡
wǒ xǐ huān
I like
This is the subject plus the verb 喜歡 ('to like'). It is a basic sentence starter.
我喜歡喝咖啡。
I like drinking coffee.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[wo]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.
我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。
I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.
喜歡
xǐ huān
[xǐhuān]
to like
To be fond of someone or something.
我喜歡踢足球。
I like playing soccer.
打籃球。
dǎ lán qiú
playing basketball.
Ball sports use the verb 打 ('hit/play'). 籃球 means basketball.
我們下午去打籃球。
We're going to play basketball this afternoon.
Words in this phrase
打
dǎ
[dǎ]
to play (a ball sport)
Verb used with ball games like basketball or volleyball.
他每天打排球。
He plays volleyball every day.
籃球
lán qiú
[lánqiú]
basketball
The sport or the ball used in it.
我們去公園打籃球吧。
Let's go play basketball in the park.
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