kau4 coi3球賽球赛
Jyutpingkau4 coi3
Yalekàuh choi
Definition
Ball game; a sports match or game involving a ball.
colloquialsports
How it's used
Refers specifically to matches involving balls, such as football, basketball, or tennis. While it can be used generally, speakers often prefer more specific terms like 足球賽 or 波飛 when talking about tickets or specific sports. It is frequently used with the classifier 場 when describing the duration or a single instance of a game.
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coeng4場chèunghExamples
Are you going to watch the match tomorrow night?
This match was very intense, they won in the end.
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Common mistake
Do not use this for non-ball sports like swimming or track and field, where 比賽 is the standard term. Using it for a race or a non-ball competition sounds unnatural to native speakers.
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Grammar guides
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