| The biggest Sport event worldwide at the moment is the Football World Cup (世界杯 – shì jiè bēi). In America, it’s called soccer, but the rest of the world knows this sport as football (足球 – zú qiú). To help you talk about this huge event with your Chinese colleagues or friends, here are 25 useful vocabulary words for talking about soccer/football in Chinese:  教练 (jiào liàn) = coach 球员 (qiú yuan) = player 守门员 (shǒu mén yuan) = goalkeeper 球场 (qiú chǎng) = pitch/field 前场 (qián chǎng) = front field 中场 (zhōng chǎng) = midfield 后场 (hòu chǎng) = backfield 救球 (jiù qiú) = save 队长 (duì zhǎng) = captain 开球 (kāi qiú) = kick-off 点球 (diǎn qiú) = penalty kick 角球 (jiǎo qiú) = corner kick 任意球 (rèn yì qiú) = free kick 带球 (dài qiú) = dribbling 传球 (chuán qiú) = passing 射门 (shè mén) = shooting 头球 (tóu qiú) = header 掷界外球 (zhí jiè wài qiú) = throw-in 铲球 (chǎn qiú) = tackle 裁判 (cái pàn) = referee 黄牌 (huáng pái) = yellow card 红牌 (hóng pái) = red card 半场 (bàn chǎng) = half time 全场 (quán chǎng) = full time 越位 (yuè wèi) = offside |
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