悠悠球

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyōuqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyōuqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyoucióu
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yu¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: yōu-yōu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiouchyou
    • Palladius: ююцю (jujucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyōuqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyoucióur
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yu¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yōu-yōu-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiouchyoul
    • Palladius: ююцюр (jujucjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh yàuh kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ jau⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yeo⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

悠悠球

1. (chiefly Mainland China) yo-yo

Synonyms

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