溜溜球

Chinese

		rolling; spinning; whirling rolling; spinning; whirling; flowing; dripping; progressing	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (溜溜球)		溜溜	球
Literally: “rolling ball”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English yo-yo + 球 (qiú, “ball”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liūliūqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡㄌㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liūliūqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡㄌㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhioulhiouchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: liūliūqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡㄌㄧㄡㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhioulhiouchyoul
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɤʊɻ³⁵/

Noun

溜溜球

(chiefly Taiwan) yo-yo

Synonyms

悠悠球 (yōuyōuqiú)
(Cantonese) 搖搖／摇摇 (yáoyáo)

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