悠悠球

Chinese

		long; drawn-out; lasting for ages long; drawn-out; lasting for ages; remote	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (悠悠球)		悠悠	球

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English yo-yo + 球 (qiú).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuyōuqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yōuyōuqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiouchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: yōuyōuqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiouchyoul
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɤʊɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: yàuh yàuh kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yeo⁴ keo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

悠悠球

(chiefly Mainland China) yo-yo

Synonyms

溜溜球 (liūliūqiú)
(Cantonese) 搖搖／摇摇 (yáoyáo)

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