气球

• 拼音: qì qiú
• 汉字拆解: 气 = rising vapour — air or gas; 球 = 王 (jade) + 求 (seek) — a spherical object

含义

Balloon. A flexible bag filled with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for scientific purposes.

Refers to both toy balloons (吹气球 — blow up a balloon) and larger balloons (热气球 — hot-air balloon). Commonly associated with celebrations, parties, and children's play. The character breakdown is intuitive: 气 (air/gas) + 球 (ball) = air ball. A concrete, everyday vocabulary word.

例句

1. 孩子们在公园里玩气球，玩得很开心。
2. 生日派对上挂满了各种颜色的气球。
3. 他帮小朋友吹了一个红色的气球。

用法指南

语境: celebrations, children, everyday

语气: cheerful

正确说法

• 我们买一些气球装饰教室吧。(Let's buy some balloons to decorate the classroom.)
• 他坐了一次热气球，觉得很刺激。(He rode a hot-air balloon once and found it thrilling.)

错误说法

• 气球球 as a cute reduplicated form (There is no reduplicated form 气球球 in standard Chinese — just say 气球; for cuteness, add 小 as in 小气球)

起源与历史

A compound of 气 (air/gas) and 球 (ball/sphere) — literally an air ball; a ball-shaped object filled with air or gas.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal