環球

See also: 环球

Chinese

	bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround; to loop; loop	ball; sphere
trad. (環球)	環	球
simp. (环球)	环	球
alternative forms	寰球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huánqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ kau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoân-kiû / khoân-kiû

(Teochew, Peng'im): huêng⁵ giu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gue-jieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huánqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huáncióu
  - Wade–Giles: huan²-chʻiu²
  - Yale: hwán-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanchyou
  - Palladius: хуаньцю (xuanʹcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    寰球
    環球／环球
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huánqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huáncióur
  - Wade–Giles: huan²-chʻiu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwán-chyóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanchyoul
  - Palladius: хуаньцюр (xuanʹcjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waan⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: wàahn kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    寰球
    環球／环球
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: huân-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoankiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: khuân-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoankiuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huêng⁵ giu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huêng kiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gue-jieu
  - MiniDict: gue^去 jieu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³gue-jjieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡue²² d͡ʑiɤ⁴⁴/

Adjective

環球

worldwide; global

Noun

環球

the earth; the whole world

Synonyms

全世界 (quánshìjiè)
全球 (quánqiú)
舉世／举世 (jǔshì)

Verb

環球

to circumnavigate the world