The story
- Mandarin · borrowed from毽子
- English todayjianzi
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 毽子 (jiànzi).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
jianzi
Today it means: A traditional Chinese sport in which players try to keep a weighted shuttlecock in the air with their bodies, usually by kicking. Full definition →
Mandarin 毽子