乒乓球

Chinese

		ping pong	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (乒乓球)		乒乓	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīngpāngqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥ ㄆㄤ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ bam¹ kau⁴

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pin¹ pong¹ kiu²
• Jin (Wiktionary): ping¹ pa¹ qiou¹
• Northern Min (KCR): pīng-pāng-giǔ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phin-phong-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹ bong⁵ giu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phin-phan-jieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīngpāngqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥ ㄆㄤ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pingpangcióu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing¹-pʻang¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: pīng-pāng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pingpangchyou
    • Palladius: пинпанцю (pinpancju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (乒乓球兒／乒乓球儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīngpāngqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥ ㄆㄤ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pingpangcióur
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing¹-pʻang¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: pīng-pāng-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pingpangchyoul
    • Palladius: пинпанцюр (pinpancjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ bam¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: bīng bām kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ bam¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ bem¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐm⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pin¹ pong¹ kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin⁴⁴ pʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰiu¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ping¹ pa¹ qiou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pʰxĩŋ¹¹ pʰxa¹¹ t͡ɕʰiəu¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pīng-pāng-giǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰaŋ⁵⁵ kiu²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phin-phong-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: phin-phong-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phinphongkiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰin⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin³³ pʰɔŋ³³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bing¹ bong⁵ giu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping pông kiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³⁻²³ poŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phin-phan-jieu
    • MiniDict: phin^平 phan jieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phin-phan-jjieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰin⁵⁵ pʰã³³ d͡ʑiɤ²¹/

Noun

乒乓球

1. table tennis; ping pong
2. ping pong ball

Synonyms

• (table tennis):

Dialectal synonyms of 乒乓球 (“table tennis; ping pong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乒乓球, 乒球 contraction
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	乒乓球兒
	Taiwan	桌球, 乒乓球
	Harbin	乒乓球兒
	Singapore	乒乓球
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乒乓球
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	乒乓球兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	乒乓球
	Xi'an	乒乓球
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乒乓球
	Lanzhou	乒乓球
	Ürümqi	乒乓球
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	乒乓球, 乒乓
	Wuhan	乒乓球
	Guiyang	乒乓球
	Guilin	乒乓球
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	乒乓球, 檯球 dated
	Yangzhou	檯球 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乒乓波, 乒乓球
	Hong Kong	乒乓波
	Dongguan	乒乓波
Gan	Nanchang	乒乓球
	Lichuan	乒乓球
	Pingxiang	乒乓球
Hakka	Meixian	乒乓球, 檯球 dated, 桌球 dated
	Yudu	檯球
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	乒乓, 桌球
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	乒乓, 桌球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	乒乓, 桌球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	乒乓, 桌球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	乒乓球, 乒乓
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	乒乓球, 乒乓
Huizhou	Jixi	乒乓球, 檯球 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	乒乓球
	Xinzhou	乒乓球
Northern Min	Jian'ou	乒乓球
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乒乓球
Southern Min	Xiamen	桌球
	Quanzhou	桌球
	Jinjiang	桌球
	Zhangzhou	桌球
	Taipei	乒乓, 桌球
	Kaohsiung	乒乓, 桌球
	Singapore (Hokkien)	乒乓
	Manila (Hokkien)	乒乓, 桌球
	Longyan	桌球
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	桌球仔
	Shantou	乒乓球
	Shantou (Chenghai)	乒乓
	Singapore (Teochew)	乒乓
	Leizhou	乒乓球, 波囝
	Haikou	乒乓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	檯球
Wu	Shanghai	乒乓球, 檯球 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	檯球
	Suzhou	檯球, 乒乓球
	Danyang	檯球 dated
	Hangzhou	乒乓球
	Ningbo	乒乓球
	Wenzhou	蠟球
	Jinhua	乒乓球, 檯球
Xiang	Changsha	蛋殼子球
	Loudi	乒乓球

Derived terms

• 乒乓球拍 (pīngpāngqiúpāi)

 

Descendants

• → Bouyei: pinypangyqiuf
• → Zhuang: binghbanghgiuz