烏龍球
See also: 乌龙球
Chinese
| unexpected mistake or mishap | ball; sphere | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏龍球) | 烏龍 | 球 | |
| simp. (乌龙球) | 乌龙 | 球 | |
Etymology
Originally Hong Kong Cantonese. 烏龍 is a phono-semantic matching of English own (goal).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wūlóngqiú
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wulóngcióu
- Wade–Giles: wu1-lung2-chʻiu2
- Yale: wū-lúng-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulongchyou
- Palladius: улунцю (uluncju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu1 lung4-2 kau4
- Yale: wū lúng kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu1 lung4-2 kau4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu1 lung4-2 keo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
烏龍球