拍球

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (拍球)		拍	球
anagram		球拍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pāiqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ kau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phok-khiù

(Hailu, HRS): pog kiu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pa⁶ giu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phah-kiû

(Teochew, Peng'im): pah⁴ giu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pāiqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: paicióu
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-chʻiu²
  - Yale: pāi-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paichyou
  - Palladius: пайцю (pajcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paak³ kau⁴
  - Yale: paak kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pag³ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phok-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: pog^ˋ kiu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pog⁵ kiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚² kʰi̯u¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pog kiu
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰok⁵⁻² kʰiu⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pa⁶ giu² [Phonetic: pa¹ giu²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pā-giú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰa¹¹⁻⁵⁵ kiu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pa⁶ giu² [Phonetic: pa¹ giu²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰa²¹⁻⁵⁵ kiu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: phah-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phahkiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pah⁴ giu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phah kiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʔ²⁻⁴ kiu⁵⁵/

Verb

拍⫽球 (verb-object)

(Mandarin, Cantonese) to bounce a ball
(Taiwanese Hakka, Southern Min, intransitive) to play a ball game

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打球 (“to play a ball game”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打球
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打球
	Taiwan	打球
	Harbin	打球兒
	Singapore	打球 usually basketball
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	打球
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打球
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	打球 usually basketball
	Xi'an	打球
	Xuzhou	打球, 打球兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打球
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	打球兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打球
	Wuhan	打球
	Guiyang	打球
	Guilin	打球
	Liuzhou	打球
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打球
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	打球
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打波
	Hong Kong	打波
	Taishan	打波
	Taishan (Guanghai)	打波, 打球
	Dongguan	打波
	Qinzhou	打球, 打波
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打波
	Mandalay (Taishan)	打球
Gan	Nanchang	打球
	Lichuan	打球
	Pingxiang	打球
Hakka	Yudu	打球
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拍球
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拍球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拍球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拍球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	拍球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	拍球
Huizhou	Jixi	打球
Jin	Taiyuan	打球
Jin	Xinzhou	打球
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦球, 拍球
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拍球
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍球
	Quanzhou	拍球
	Jinjiang	拍球
	Zhangzhou	拍球
	Taipei	拍球 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍球
	Manila (Hokkien)	拍球
	Chaozhou	拍球
	Shantou	拍球
	Bangkok (Teochew)	拍球
	Leizhou	拍波
	Haikou	拍球, 拍波
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	打球
Wu	Suzhou	打球, 拍球, 厾球
	Danyang	打球
	Hangzhou	打球
	Wenzhou	打球 usually basketball
	Jinhua	打球
Xiang	Changsha	打球
Xiang	Loudi	打球
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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