遛遛球

Chinese

			ball; sphere
trad. (遛遛球)		遛遛	球
simp. #(遛遛球)		遛遛	球
Literally: “walking ball”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English yo-yo + 球 (qiú, “ball”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúliúqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúliúqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióulióucióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-liu²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: lyóu-lyóu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouliouchyou
    • Palladius: люлюцю (ljuljucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

遛遛球

1. yo-yo

Synonyms

• 溜溜球 (liūliūqiú)