拋繡球

Chinese

		to throw; to toss; to fling to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon	hydrangea; embroidered ball; ball made of rolled colored silk
trad. (拋繡球)		拋	繡球
simp. (抛绣球)		抛	绣球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāoxiùqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹ sau³ kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phau-siù-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāoxiùqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paosiòucióu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao¹-hsiu⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: pāu-syòu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paushiowchyou
    • Palladius: паосюцю (paosjucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau¹ sau³ kau⁴
    • Yale: pāau sau kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹ sau³ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao¹ seo³ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phau-siù-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: phau-siù-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phausiuo'kiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² siu²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau³³ siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² siu²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ siu¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ siu²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/

Verb

拋繡球

1. (historical, of a woman) to throw an embroidered ball from a high place (a method for a woman to find a husband in ancient times; the man that catches the embroidered ball could marry the woman and become her husband)