蹴球

Chinese

		carefully; kick; tread on carefully; kick; tread on; stamp	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (蹴球)		蹴	球
alternative forms		蹴毬／蹴球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùcióu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: tsù-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuhchyou
    • Palladius: цуцю (cucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

蹴球

1. (rare) ancient Chinese ball game; appeared after cuju.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹴	球
しゅう Grade: S	きゅう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

Unclear. Either from Middle Chinese 蹴球 (MC tshjuwk gjuw, literally “kick + ball”), or a coinage in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 蹴 (shū, “kick”) +‎ 球 (kyū, “ball”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうきゅう [shùúkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

蹴(しゅう)球(きゅう) • (shūkyū) ^{←しうきう (siukiu)?}

1. (rare) soccer

   Synonyms: サッカー (sakkā), ア式蹴球 (a-shiki shūkyū)

2. (rare) football

   Synonym: フットボール (futtobōru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蹴	球

Noun

蹴球 • (chukgu) (hangeul 축구)

1. Hanja form^? of 축구 (“soccer”).