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烏龍球

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

Noun

烏龍球

(sports) own goal

Etymology

Originally Hong Kong Cantonese. 烏龍 is a phono-semantic matching of English own (goal).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wūlóngqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lung^4-2 kau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wūlóngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulongchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ lung^4-2 kau⁴
  - Yale: wū lúng kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lung^4-2 kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/