悠悠球

Chinese

		long; drawn-out; lasting for ages long; drawn-out; lasting for ages; remote	ball; sphere
trad. (悠悠球)		悠悠	球
simp. ^#(悠悠球)		悠悠	球

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English yo-yo + 球 (qiú).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuyōuqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyōuqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youyoucióu
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-yu¹-chʻiu²
  - Yale: yōu-yōu-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiouchyou
  - Palladius: ююцю (jujucju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyōuqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youyoucióur
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-yu¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: yōu-yōu-chyóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiouchyoul
  - Palladius: ююцюр (jujucjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: yàuh yàuh kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yeo⁴ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

悠悠球

(chiefly Mainland China) yo-yo

Synonyms

溜溜球 (liūliūqiú)
(Cantonese) 搖搖／摇摇 (yáoyáo)