掠無球

See also: 掠无球

Chinese

		plunder	not have	ball; sphere
trad. (掠無球)		掠	無	球
simp. (掠无球)		掠	无	球
Literally: “to be unable to catch a ball”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍h-bô-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liah⁸ bho⁵ giu⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-bô-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h-bô-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaqboi'kiuu
    • IPA (Singapore): /lia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ kiu²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liah⁸ bho⁵ giu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lia̍h bô kiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaʔ⁴⁻² bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu⁵⁵/

Verb

掠無球

1. (Singapore Hokkien and Teochew) to not understand

Descendants

• → English: catch no ball (calque)