野球
Chinese
Etymology 1
| wild | ball | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (野球) |
野 | 球 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yěqiú
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yěcióu
- Wade–Giles: yeh3-chʻiu2
- Yale: yě-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeechyou
- Palladius: ецю (jecju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yěqiúr
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yěcióur
- Wade–Giles: yeh3-chʻiu2-ʼrh
- Yale: yě-chyóur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeechyoul
- Palladius: ецюр (jecjur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
野球
Etymology 2
| field | ball | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (野球) |
野 | 球 | |
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 野球 (yakyū).
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-khiù
- Hakka Romanization System: iaˊ kiuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ya1 kiu2
- Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-khiù
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iaˊ kiuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ya1 kiu2
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: rhaˋ kiu
- Sinological IPA: /ʒa⁵³ kʰiu⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-kiû
- Tâi-lô: iá-kiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: iafkiuu
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
野球
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 棒球 (“baseball”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 棒球 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 棒球 |
| Singapore | 棒球 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 棒球 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 野球, 棒球 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 野球, 棒球 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 野球, 棒球 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 野球, 棒球 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 野球, 棒球 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 野球 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 棒球 |
| Quanzhou | 棒球 | |
| Zhangzhou | 棒球 | |
| Tainan | 野球, 棒球 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 野 | 球 |
| や Grade: 2 |
きゅう Grade: 3 |
| kan'on | |
Etymology
Coined by Japanese educator and baseball player Kanae Chūman in 1894 as a calque of English baseball, from 野 (ya, “field”) + 球 (kyū, “ball, sphere”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
- baseball (ball game)
- 2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT PROGRAM [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 193–194:
- や、やめろ！やめてくれ……勝つためだけに野球をやってるんじゃない……友達を…一生の友達を……
- Ya, yamero! Yamete kure…… Katsu tame dake ni yakyū o yatterun ja nai…… Tomodachi o… Isshō no tomodachi o……
- St-Stop, you two! Just stop... Baseball isn’t all about winning... It’s where you make friends... the best friends in your life...
- や、やめろ！やめてくれ……勝つためだけに野球をやってるんじゃない……友達を…一生の友達を……
- a baseball (ball used in the game)
Synonyms
- ベースボール (bēsubōru)
- ベイスボール (beisubōru)
Descendants
See also
- ソフトボール (sofutobōru)
References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 野 | 球 |
Noun
野球 • (yagu) (hangeul 야구)