保齡球

See also: 保龄球

Chinese

		phonetic	ball; sphere
trad. (保齡球)		保齡	球
simp. (保龄球)		保龄	球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎolíngqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² ling⁴ kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-lìn-khiù
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pó-lêng-kiû

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo² lêng⁵ giu⁵ / bho² ling⁵ giu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pau-lin-jieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎolíngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎolíngcióu
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-ling²-chʻiu²
  - Yale: bǎu-líng-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baolingchyou
  - Palladius: баолинцю (baolincju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎolíngqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎolíngcióur
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-ling²-chʻiu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: bǎu-líng-chyóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baolingchyoul
  - Palladius: баолинцюр (baolincjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² ling⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: bóu lìhng kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² ling⁴ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² ling⁴ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-lìn-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ lin^ˇ kiu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ lin² kiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ lin¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-lêng-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: pó-lîng-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poylengkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo² lêng⁵ giu⁵ / bho² ling⁵ giu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó lêng kiû / bó lîng kiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu⁵⁵/, /bo⁵²⁻³⁵ liŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu⁵⁵/

Note:

bo2 lêng5 giu5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang;
bho2 ling5 giu5 - Pontianak.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pau-lin-jieu
  - MiniDict: pau^去 lin jieu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau-lin-jjieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³³ lin⁵⁵ d͡ʑiɤ²¹/

Noun

保齡球

(games) bowling
bowling ball

Synonyms

(bowling):

Dialectal synonyms of 保齡球 (“bowling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		保齡球
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	保齡球
Cantonese	Hong Kong	保齡球, 保齡
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	保齡球
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	保齡球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	保齡球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	保齡球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	保齡球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	保齡球
Wu	Shanghai	阿保, 保齡球

Derived terms

保齡球館 / 保龄球馆 (bǎolíngqiúguǎn)
草地保齡球 / 草地保龄球 (cǎodì bǎolíngqiú)