半球

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (半球)		半	球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ kau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-kiû

(Teochew, Peng'im): buan³ giu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàncióu
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-chʻiu²
  - Yale: bàn-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannchyou
  - Palladius: баньцю (banʹcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàncióur
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-chʻiu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: bàn-chyóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannchyoul
  - Palladius: баньцюр (banʹcjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ kau⁴
  - Yale: bun kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: buan³ giu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ kiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiu⁵⁵/

Noun

半球

hemisphere
大腦半球／大脑半球 ― dànǎo bànqiú ― cerebral hemisphere
(specifically) hemisphere of the Earth

Derived terms

優勢半球 / 优势半球
兩半球 / 两半球
北半球 (běibànqiú)
半球形 (bànqiúxíng)
半球體 / 半球体
南半球 (nánbànqiú)
東半球 / 东半球 (dōngbànqiú)
水半球
西半球 (xībànqiú)
陸半球 / 陆半球

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	球
はん Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

半 (han-, “hemi-”) +‎ 球 (-kyū, “sphere”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんきゅう [hàńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [hã̠ŋʲkʲɨː]

Noun

半(はん)球(きゅう) • (hankyū) ^{←はんきう (fankiu)^?}

a hemisphere

See also

北(きた)半(はん)球(きゅう) (Kitahankyū, “Northern Hemisphere”)
南(みなみ)半(はん)球(きゅう) (Minamihankyū, “Southern Hemisphere”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	球

Noun

半球 • (ban-gu) (hangeul 반구)

hanja form^? of 반구 (“hemisphere”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	球

Noun

半球

chữ Hán form of bán cầu (“hemisphere”)