球迷 qiúmí fan (ball sports)
How to remember 球迷: 球 ball + 迷 bewitch = fan (ball sports).
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How it is used
- Noun for a sports (ball-game) fan/enthusiast, CL 个.
- 迷 as a suffix marks 'fan of' across many nouns - compare 影迷 (movie fan), 歌迷 (singer's fan).
- 他是个足球迷 (tā shì gè zúqiú mí) - He's a soccer fan.
- 球迷 covers fans of any ball sport; context (or a preceding sport name) usually narrows it to football/basketball etc.