踢皮球
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]kick; play (football or soccer) | rubber ball; ball | ||
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simp. and trad. (踢皮球) |
踢 | 皮球 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ti pícióu
- Wade–Giles: tʻi1 pʻi2-chʻiu2
- Yale: tī pí-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti pyichyou
- Palladius: ти пицю (ti picju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tipícióur
- Wade–Giles: tʻi1-pʻi2-chʻiu2-ʼrh
- Yale: tī-pí-chyóur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tipyichyoul
- Palladius: типицюр (tipicjur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tek3 pei4 kau4
- Yale: tek pèih kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tek8 pei4 kau4
- Guangdong Romanization: tég3 péi4 keo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɛːk̚³ pʰei̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]踢皮球
- (literal) to kick a ball around
- (figurative) to pass the buck; to avoid responsibility and pass it off to each other
- 「去求助警察,這是唯一的正當手段,但是警方也是踢皮球,我們不可能硬闖,合法手段已經全部用盡了。」 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2021 January 15, 张楠茜, 《拯救可橙: 被父母强送矫治的跨性别者》, in 《鳳凰週刊》 [Phoenix Weekly], →ISSN, issue 747, page 41
- “qù qiúzhù jǐngchá, zhè shì wéiyī de zhèngdàng shǒuduàn, dànshì jǐngfāng yěshì tī píqiú, wǒmen bù kěnéng yìng chuǎng, héfǎ shǒuduàn yǐjīng quánbù yòngjìn le.” [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
「去求助警察,这是唯一的正当手段,但是警方也是踢皮球,我们不可能硬闯,合法手段已经全部用尽了。」 [MSC, simp.]