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): ㄌㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liūliūqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lioulioucióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu¹-liu¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: lyōu-lyōu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhioulhiouchyou
    • Palladius: люлюцю (ljuljucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liūliūqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lioulioucióur
    • Wade–Giles: liu¹-liu¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyōu-lyōu-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhioulhiouchyoul
    • Palladius: люлюцюр (ljuljucjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

Noun

溜溜球

1. (chiefly Taiwan) yo-yo

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• 溜溜球效應／溜溜球效应 (liūliūqiú xiàoyìng)