[paolovictor]

To be honest, if Chinese folks are fine with calling it "ping pong" (乒乓), I'm fine, too.

(Also, you sorta can infer the spin from the ball arc or even if you catch a glimpse of the rotating label)

[Foobar8568]

In french, we call that ping pong too. So yeah for ping pong.

[pil0u]

That is simply not true. We call it "tennis de table" when it comes to the sport, and we call it "ping pong" when you play at a camping in flip flops.

[zelphirkalt]

Then we should at least write it correctly: Pīngpāng

[1]: https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&email=...

[hermitcrab]

>even if you catch a glimpse of the rotating label

Some people say they can see the spin from the rotating logo. I can't.

[zelphirkalt]

Maybe if it is a slow exchange. But I suspect, that trying that when the exchange is fast, will make one react way too slow. The inference happens by looking of how the opponent moved their racket/paddle. That starts way earlier, than one could possibly see it looking at the ball and tracking the logo.

[mcmoor]

Lmao the character used is so cute