| 掉 | diào qiú | (sports) to fumble the ball | 
| 掉 | diào | to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | 
| 球 | qiú | ball used for playing games (variant of 球) | 
| 球 | qiú | ball / sphere / globe / CL:个 / ball game / match / CL:场 |