Learn Chinese Words for World Cup

Are you ready for World Cup?

World Cup 2014 finally kicked off on Sao Paulo pitch in Brazil, with a colorful opening ceremony before the host team Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 in the first match. In the coming month-long time, we will see 32 nations from 6 continents compete for the championship in 64 games. It will certainly be a feast to millions of football fans all across the globe.

How powerful indeed is the influence brought by World Cup? Let’s make a simple comparison. The famous Super Bowl draws around 110 million viewers, while in terms of World Cup, around 3.2 billion people will watch the game and the finals of World Cup will have around 1.3 billion viewers, according to FIFA’s estimation. So, the world is watching, how about you? Which team do you expect to win the World Cup 2014 in Brazil?

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If you are a football fan and Chinese learner as well, then you cannot miss the following Chinese words and phrases related to World Cup. Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to talk about World Cup with you friend in Chinese?

General Football Words

Titles of People in a Football Game

Football Skills