臭球

Chinese

		sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)	ball; sphere
trad. (臭球)		臭	球
simp. #(臭球)		臭	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòuqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³ kau⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): cou³ qiou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòuqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòucióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: chòu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chowchyou
    • Palladius: чоуцю (čoucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (臭球兒 / 臭球儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòuqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòucióur
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou⁴-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chòu-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chowchyoul
    • Palladius: чоуцюр (čoucjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³ kau⁴
    • Yale: chau kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cou³ qiou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəu⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰiəu¹¹/

Noun

臭球

1. (colloquial, sports) lousy pass, stroke, or shot; bad shot (in a ball game)
2. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) camphor ball; mothball

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臭球 (“lousy pass, stroke, or shot; bad shot (in a ball game)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臭球
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屎球, 屎波
Hakka	Meixian	屎球
Southern Min	Shantou	歹球

Dialectal synonyms of 樟腦丸 (“camphor ball; mothball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樟腦丸, 樟腦球, 衛生球, 衛生丸
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	衛生球兒, 樟腦球兒, 臭球子
	Harbin	臭球兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	臭球
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	臭蛋兒, 臭球丸兒, 衛生丸兒
	Wanrong	臭蛋兒
	Xining	臭蛋兒
	Xuzhou	樟腦丸, 衛生丸
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	臭蛋
	Guilin	樟腦丸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	樟腦丸, 樟腦丸子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	臭丸
	Hong Kong	臭丸
	Taishan	臭丸
Gan	Pingxiang	臭丸
Hakka	Meixian	臭丸
Jin	Taiyuan	臭球
	Xinzhou	臭蛋兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	臭丸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	臭丸
	Gutian	必毒丹
Southern Min	Xiamen	臭丸
	Quanzhou	臭丸
	Jinjiang	臭丸
	Zhangzhou	臭丸
	Taipei	臭丸
	Kaohsiung	臭丸
	Shantou	臭丸
	Leizhou	臭丸
	Haikou	臭丸
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	臭丸
Xiang	Changsha	衛生丸子
	Loudi	衛生丸子