# 檯球
## Chinese

| | | table; desk | ball; sphere |
| trad. (檯球/枱球/臺球) | trad. (檯球/枱球/臺球) | 檯/枱/臺 | 球 |
| simp. (台球) | simp. (台球) | 台 | 球 |
| anagram | anagram | 球檯／球台 | 球檯／球台 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): táiqiú
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^4$ kau$^4$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): toi$^2$ kiu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tâi-kiû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^5$ giu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-jieu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táiqiú
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táicióu
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^2$-chʻiu$^2$
*** Yale: tái-chyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairchyou
*** Palladius: тайцю (tajcju)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táiqiúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táicióur
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^2$-chʻiu$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: tái-chyóur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairchyoul
*** Palladius: тайцюр (tajcjur)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^4$ kau$^4$
*** Yale: tòih kàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^4$ kau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^4$ keo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: toi$^2$ kiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoɪ¹¹ kʰiu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi-kiû
*** Tâi-lô: tâi-kiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dai'kiuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tai$^5$ giu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâi kiû
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-jieu
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ jieu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-jjieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² d͡ʑiɤ⁴⁴/

### Noun

檯球
* billiards (a cue sport)
* billiard ball
* (regional, dated) table tennis; ping pong

#### Synonyms

* (billiards):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 撞球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 桌球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 檯球 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 檯球 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 檯球, 圪浪球 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 檯球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 彈子, 檯球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 桌球 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 檯球, 彈子球 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 檯波, 檯球, 桌球 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 檯波, 桌球 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 桌球 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 桌球 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 檯球, 桌球 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 檯球 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 揰球仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 揰球仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 揰球仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 揰球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 揰球仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 揰球 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 撞球 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 撞球, 挵球 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 檯球, 桌球 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 桌球 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 檯球 |
| Wu | Danyang | 檯球 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 檯球 |
* (table tennis):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乒乓球, 乒球 contraction |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 乒乓球兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 桌球, 乒乓球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 乒乓球兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 乒乓球 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 乒乓球 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 乒乓球兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 乒乓球 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 乒乓球 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 乒乓球 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 乒乓球 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 乒乓球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 乒乓球, 乒乓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 乒乓球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 乒乓球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 乒乓球 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 乒乓球, 檯球 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 檯球 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乒乓波, 乒乓球 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 乒乓波 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 乒乓波 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 乒乓球 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 乒乓球 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 乒乓球 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 乒乓球, 檯球 dated, 桌球 dated |
| Hakka | Yudu | 檯球 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 乒乓, 桌球 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 乒乓, 桌球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 乒乓, 桌球 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 乒乓, 桌球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 乒乓球, 乒乓 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 乒乓球, 乒乓 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 乒乓球, 檯球 dated |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 乒乓球 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 乒乓球 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 乒乓球 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乒乓球 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 乒乓, 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 乒乓, 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 乒乓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 乒乓, 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 桌球 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 桌球仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 乒乓球 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 乒乓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 乒乓 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乒乓球, 波囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 乒乓 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 桌球 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 桌球 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 檯球 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 乒乓球, 檯球 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 檯球 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 檯球, 乒乓球 |
| Wu | Danyang | 檯球 dated |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 乒乓球 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 乒乓球 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠟球 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 乒乓球, 檯球 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛋殼子球 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 乒乓球 |

#### Derived terms

* 檯球拍／台球拍

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: daizgiuz