# 桌球
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuōqiú
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coek$^3$ kau$^4$ / zoek$^3$ kau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chok-khiù
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zog$^5$ kiu$^2$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): do$^5$ giu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): toh-kiû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): doh$^4$ giu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuōqiú
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuocióu
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^1$-chʻiu$^2$
*** Yale: jwō-chyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juochyou
*** Palladius: чжоцю (čžocju)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuōqiúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuocióur
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^1$-chʻiu$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jwō-chyóur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juochyoul
*** Palladius: чжоцюр (čžocjur)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coek$^3$ kau$^4$ / zoek$^3$ kau$^4$
*** Yale: cheuk kàuh / jeuk kàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek$^8$ kau$^4$ / dzoek$^8$ kau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêg$^3$ keo$^4$ / zêg$^3$ keo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰœːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/, /t͡sœːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chok-khiù
*** Hakka Romanization System: zog$^ˋ$ kiu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zog$^5$ kiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sok̚² kʰi̯u¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zog$^5$ kiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔk̚¹ kʰiu¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: do$^5$ giu$^2$ [Phonetic: do$^4$ iu$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /to²¹⁻⁴² $^{(k-)}$iu¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: do$^5$ giu$^2$ [Phonetic: do$^1$ iu$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵ²¹⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$iu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toh-kiû
*** Tâi-lô: toh-kiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doihkiuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /to(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /to(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /to(ʔ)⁵ kiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: doh$^4$ giu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: toh kiû
*** Sinological IPA : /toʔ²⁻⁴ kiu⁵⁵/

### Noun

桌球
* (southern Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore) snookers; billiards
* (Taiwan or Southern Min, Puxian Min) table tennis

#### Synonyms

* (snookers):
| 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

* 桌球床
* 桌球拍 (zhuōqiúpāi)
* 桌球朳
* 桌球桌 (zhuōqiúzhuō)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “桌球”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.