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保齡球

保齡球

See also: 保龄球

Chinese

			ball; sphere
trad. (保齡球)		保齡	球
simp. (保龄球)		保龄	球

Noun

保齡球

Etymology

From 保齡／保龄 (transliteration of English bowling) + 球 (qiú, “ball”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bǎolíngqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² ling⁴ kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-lìn-khiù
Min Nan (POJ): pó-lêng-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎolíngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baolingchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎolíngqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baolingchyoul
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰjɤʊɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² ling⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: bóu lìhng kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² ling⁴ kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-lìn-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo` linˇ kiuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ lin² kiu²
  - IPA: /po³¹ lin¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-lêng-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: pó-lîng-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poylengkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiu²³/