# 野球
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yěqiú
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yěqiú
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yěcióu
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^3$-chʻiu$^2$
*** Yale: yě-chyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeechyou
*** Palladius: ецю (jecju)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yěqiúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yěcióur
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^3$-chʻiu$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yě-chyóur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeechyoul
*** Palladius: ецюр (jecjur)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

#### Noun

野球
* informal ball game (chiefly football or basketball)

### Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 野(や)球(きゅう) (yakyū).

#### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yâ-khiù
    (Hailu, HRS): rha$^ˋ$ kiu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iá-kiû
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-khiù
*** Hakka Romanization System: ia$^ˊ$ kiu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^1$ kiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-khiù
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia$^ˊ$ kiu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^1$ kiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rha$^ˋ$ kiu
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒa⁵³ kʰiu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-kiû
*** Tâi-lô: iá-kiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iafkiuu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²⁴/

#### Noun

野球
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) baseball

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 棒球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 棒球 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 棒球 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 棒球 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 野球, 棒球 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 野球, 棒球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 野球, 棒球 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 野球, 棒球 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 野球, 棒球 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 野球 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 棒球 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 棒球 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 棒球 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 野球, 棒球 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 野 | 球 |
| や Grade: 2 | きゅう Grade: 3 |
| kan'on ||
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### Etymology

Coined by Japanese baseball player Kanae Chūman in 1894 as a calque of English baseball, from 野(や) (ya, “field”) + 球(きゅう) (kyū, “ball, sphere”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) やきゅう [yàkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ja̠kʲɨː]

### Noun

野(や)球(きゅう) • (yakyū)
* baseball (ball game)
** 2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 193–194:
    や、やめろ！やめてくれ……勝(か)つためだけに野(や)球(きゅう)をやってるんじゃない……友(とも)達(だち)を…一(いっ)生(しょう)の友(とも)達(だち)を……
       Ya, yamero! Yamete kure…… Katsu tame dake ni yakyū o yatterun ja nai…… Tomodachi o… Isshō no tomodachi o……
       St-Stop, you two! Just stop... Baseball isn’t all about winning... It’s where you make friends... the best friends in your life...
* a baseball (ball used in the game)

#### Synonyms

* ベースボール (bēsubōru)

#### Descendants

* → Hakka: 野球 (yâ-khiù)
* → Korean: 야구 (yagu)
* → Marshallese: iakiu
* → Min Nan: 野球 (iá-kiû)

### See also

* ソフトボール (sofutobōru)

### References

* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 野 | 球 |

### Noun

野球 • (yagu) (hangeul 야구)
* hanja form of 야구 (“baseball”)