擦邊球

Chinese

		to touch the side as it edges away; to sideswipe	ball; sphere
trad. (擦邊球)		擦邊	球
simp. (擦边球)		擦边	球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cābiānqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄚㄅㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caat³ bin¹ kau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhat-pian-kiû / chhat-piⁿ-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cābiānqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄚㄅㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cabiancióu
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻa¹-pien¹-chʻiu²
  - Yale: tsā-byān-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabianchyou
  - Palladius: цабяньцю (cabjanʹcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cābiānqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄚㄅㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cabiancióur
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻa¹-pien¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: tsā-byān-chyóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabianchyoul
  - Palladius: цабяньцюр (cabjanʹcjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caat³ bin¹ kau⁴
  - Yale: chaat bīn kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸ bin¹ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cad³ bin¹ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³ piːn⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhat-pian-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: tshat-pian-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhatpienkiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁵ piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰat̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɛn³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhat-piⁿ-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: tshat-pinn-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhatpvi'kiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁵ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰat̚⁵⁻²⁴ pĩ³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/

Noun

擦邊球

(sports) edge ball; touch ball
(figurative) things on the border line of legality or acceptability

Verb

擦邊球

(sports) to hit a ball or shuttlecock on the sideline
(figurative) to skirt the line legally or morally