好球

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	ball; sphere
trad. (好球)		好	球
simp. ^#(好球)		好	球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎoqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² kau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎocióu
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-chʻiu²
  - Yale: hǎu-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haochyou
  - Palladius: хаоцю (xaocju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² kau⁴
  - Yale: hóu kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

好球

(sports, in general) nice shot
(baseball) strike

Synonyms

(nice shot): (Cantonese) 好波 (hou² bo¹)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “strike”): 壞球 / 坏球

Derived terms

好球帶 / 好球带 (hǎoqiúdài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
好	球
こう Grade: 4	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーきゅう [kòókyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkʲɨː]

Noun

好(こう)球(きゅう) • (kōkyū) ^{←かうきう (kaukiu)^?}

(baseball) easy ball

Antonyms

難球(なんきゅう) (nankyū)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN