擦邊球

Chinese

		to touch the side as it edges away; to sideswipe; to be close to to touch the side as it edges away; to sideswipe; to be close to; to be slightly higher than	ball; sphere
trad. (擦邊球)		擦邊	球
simp. (擦边球)		擦边	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cābiānqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄚ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caat³ bin¹ kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhat-pian-kiû / chhat-piⁿ-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cābiānqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄚ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cabiancióu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻa¹-pien¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: tsā-byān-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabianchyou
    • Palladius: цабяньцю (cabjanʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cābiānqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄚ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cabiancióur
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻa¹-pien¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsā-byān-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabianchyoul
    • Palladius: цабяньцюр (cabjanʹcjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caat³ bin¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: chaat bīn kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸ bin¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cad³ bin¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³ piːn⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhat-pian-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: tshat-pian-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhatpienkiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁵ piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰat̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɛn³³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhat-piⁿ-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: tshat-pinn-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhatpvi'kiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁵ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰat̚⁵⁻²⁴ pĩ³³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/

Noun

擦邊球

1. (sports) edge ball; touch ball
2. (figurative) things on the border line of legality or acceptability

Verb

擦邊球

1. (sports) to hit a ball or shuttlecock on the sideline
2. (figurative) to skirt the line legally or morally