quả bóng

Hai đứa trẻ đang chơi đá quả bóng trong công viên.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A ball: A spherical object used in games and sports, typically designed to be thrown, kicked, or hit.
   • A spherical object: Any round, ball-shaped object, which can include things like a globe or a ball of yarn.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trẻ em đang chơi với quả bóng. (The children are playing with the ball.)
  • Cầu thủ sút quả bóng vào lưới. (The player kicked the ball into the net.)
  • Đó là một quả bóng bằng len. (That is a ball of yarn.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "quả" is a classifier for round, fruit-like objects. It can sometimes be omitted in casual speech, leaving just "bóng" to mean "ball."
  • Anh ấy mua một quả bóng rổ mới. (He bought a new basketball.)
  • In sports contexts: bóng đá (soccer), bóng rổ (basketball), bóng chuyền (volleyball).

Variants and Related Words

• Bóng (n): Can stand alone to mean "ball" in compound sports names or informal contexts.
• Trái bóng (n): A synonym using the Southern Vietnamese classifier "trái" instead of "quả."
  • Cậu bé ôm trái bóng. (The boy is hugging the ball.)
• Quả cầu (n): Emphasizes a more perfect sphere, often used for a globe or orb.
  • quả cầu tuyết (snow globe)

Synonyms

• Ball: A round object used in play or sports.
• Sphere: A perfectly round geometrical object.
• Orb: A spherical body, often celestial or ceremonial.

Related Idioms

• Đá *quả bóng sang sân người khác*: To pass the buck (literally: to kick the ball to someone else's field).
  • Đừng đá quả bóng sang sân người khác. (Don't pass the buck.)
• Nhìn *quả bóng, không nhìn cầu thủ*: To focus on the issue, not the person (literally: to look at the ball, not the player).