手球

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (手球)		手	球
anagram		球手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒucióu
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻiu²
    • Yale: shǒu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchyou
    • Palladius: шоуцю (šoucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒucióur
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shǒu-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchyoul
    • Palladius: шоуцюр (šoucjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² kau⁴
    • Yale: sáu kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 手球

1. handball (team sport)
2. handball (the offence of touching the ball with hands)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	球
て Grade: 1	たま > だま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 球 (tama, “ball”).

Noun

手(て)球(だま) • (tedama) 

1. (billiards, snooker) a cue ball
   • 1990 March 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “第(だい)120話(わ)　氷(ひょう)解(かい)⑤ [Chapter 120: Tiebreaker ⑤]”, in ブレイクショット [Break Shot], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 44:

     手(て)球(だま)が⑨(ナイン)ボールを直(ちょく)撃(げき)———‼⑨(ナイン)ボールはコーナーポケットへ一(いっ)直(ちょく)線(せん)———‼

     Tedama ga nain bōru o chokugeki———‼ Nain bōru wa kōnā poketto e itchokusen———‼

     The cue ball hits the ⑨ ball directly———‼ The ⑨ ball’s going straight to the corner pocket———‼

See also

• 手(て)玉(だま) (tedama)
• ハンドボール (handobōru)