# 拍球
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pāiqiú
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paak$^3$ kau$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phok-khiù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pa$^5$ giu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phah-kiû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pah$^4$ giu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pāiqiú
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: paicióu
*** Wade–Giles: pʻai$^1$-chʻiu$^2$
*** Yale: pāi-chyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paichyou
*** Palladius: пайцю (pajcju)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paak$^3$ kau$^4$
*** Yale: paak kàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paak$^8$ kau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pag$^3$ keo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phok-khiù
*** Hakka Romanization System: pog$^ˋ$ kiu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pog$^5$ kiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰok̚² kʰi̯u¹¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pa$^5$ giu$^2$ [Phonetic: pa$^1$ giu$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pā-giú
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰa²¹⁻⁵⁵ kiu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-kiû
*** Tâi-lô: phah-kiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phahkiuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ kiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pah$^4$ giu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phah kiû
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaʔ²⁻⁴ kiu⁵⁵/

### Verb

拍⫽球 (verb-object)
* (Mandarin, Cantonese) to bounce a ball
* (Taiwanese Hakka, Southern Min, intransitive) to play a ball game

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 打球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 打球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 打球兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 打球 usually basketball |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 打球 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打球 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 打球 usually basketball |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 打球 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 打球, 打球兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 打球 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 打球兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 打球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 打球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 打球 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打球 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 打球 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 打球 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 打波 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打波 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 打波 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 打波, 打球 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 打波 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 打球, 打波 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 打波 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 打球 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 打球 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 打球 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打球 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打球 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 拍球 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 拍球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 拍球 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 拍球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 拍球 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 拍球 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打球 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 打球 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 打球 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦球, 拍球 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 拍球 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 拍球 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 拍波 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 拍球, 拍波 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 打球 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 打球, 拍球, 厾球 |
| Wu | Danyang | 打球 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 打球 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 打球 usually basketball |
| Wu | Jinhua | 打球 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 打球 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 打球 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Further reading

* “拍球”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.