| 沙滩排球 | shā tān pái qiú | beach volleyball |
| 流球 | Liú qiú | variant of 琉球, Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群岛 stretching from Japan to Taiwan |
| 流球群岛 | liú qiú qún dǎo | the Ryukyu or Luchu islands (incl. Okinawa) |
| 淋球菌 | lín qiú jūn | gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the pathogen causing gonorrhea |
| 混球 | hún qiú | bastard; wretch; scoundrel |
| 混球儿 | hún qiúr | erhua variant of 混球 |
| 浑球 | hún qiú | variant of 混球 |
| 浑球儿 | hún qiúr | variant of 混球儿 |
| 溜溜球 | liū liū qiú | yo-yo |
温布尔登网球公开 赛 | Wēn bù ěr dēng wǎng qiú gōng kāi sài | Wimbledon lawn tennis championship |
| 澳式橄榄球 | Ào shì gǎn lǎn qiú | Australian rules football; Aussie rules |
| 乌龙球 | wū lóng qiú | own goal (football); a goal in a sports match where the player accidentally puts the ball into his own goal |
| 热气球 | rè qì qiú | hot air balloon |
| 热连球菌 | rè lián qiú jūn | Streptococcus thermophilus |
| 争球线 | zhēng qiú xiàn | scrimmage line (American football) |
| 球员 | qiú yuán | sports club member; footballer, golfer etc |
| 球场会馆 | qiú chǎng huì guǎn | clubhouse (golf) |
| 球孢子菌病 | qiú bāo zǐ jūn bìng | Coccidioidomycosis |
| 球季 | qiú jì | season (of baseball, football etc) |
| 球差 | qiú chā | spherical aberration (optics) |
| 球座 | qiú zuò | tee (golf) |
| 球弹 | qiú dàn | ball (in sport, incl. billiards) |
| 球感 | qiú gǎn | ball sense; feel for the ball |
| 球星 | qiú xīng | sports star (ball sport) |
| 球会 | qiú huì | ballsports club (e.g. golf, football etc) |
| 球棍 | qiú gùn | (sport) club; bat |
| 球棒 | qiú bàng | baseball bat; cricket bat |
| 球状物 | qiú zhuàng wù | globe |
| 球状蛋白质 | qiú zhuàng dàn bái zhì | globular protein |
| 球童 | qiú tóng | ball boy (tennis); caddie (golf) |
| 球竿 | qiú gān | cue (billiards); club (golf); stick (hockey) |
| 球粒陨石 | qiú lì yǔn shí | chondrite (type of meteorite) |
| 球腔菌 | qiú qiāng jùn | Mycosphaerella (genus of sac fungus, a plant pathogen) |
| 球虫 | qiú chóng | coccidia (biology) |
| 球道 | qiú dào | fairway (golf) |
| 球类 | qiú lèi | ball sports |
| 琉球 | Liú qiú | Ryūkyū; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群岛 stretching from Japan to Taiwan; Liuchiu township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 琉球国 | Liú qiú guó | Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa) |
| 琉球海 | Liú qiú hǎi | Ryūkyū sea; refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群岛 stretching from Japan to Taiwan |
| 琉球王国 | Liú qiú wáng guó | Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa) |
| 琉球群岛 | Liú qiú qún dǎo | Ryukyu islands; Okinawa 冲绳 and other islands of modern Japan |
| 琉球乡 | Liú qiú xiāng | Liuchiu township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 环球化 | huán qiú huà | variant of quánqiúhuà 全球化, globalization |
| 环球定位系统 | huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng | global positioning system (GPS) |
| 环球旅行 | huán qiú lǚ xíng | world travel |
| 甲形球蛋白 | jiǎ xíng qiú dàn bái | alpha globulin; alpha fetoprotein (AFP) |
| 男子篮球 | nán zǐ lán qiú | men's basketball |
| 界内球 | jiè nèi qiú | ball within bounds (sports); in; fair ball (baseball) |
| 登陆月球 | dēng lù yuè qiú | moon landing; to land on the moon |
| 发球区 | fā qiú qū | teeing ground (golf) |