肉球
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a cat's pads
Chinese
| meat; flesh | ball; sphere | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (肉球) |
肉 | 球 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ròucióu
- Wade–Giles: jou4-chʻiu2
- Yale: ròu-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowchyou
- Palladius: жоуцю (žoucju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
Noun
肉球
- pad (cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals)
- meatball (ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked)
- (pathology) hemorrhoid
Synonyms
- (meatball):
Dialectal synonyms of 肉丸 (“meatball”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 肉丸, 肉丸子, 肉球 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 肉丸 |
| Singapore | 肉圓 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 肉圓子 |
| Liuzhou | 肉圓 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 肉圓兒 |
| Yangzhou | 劗肉 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 肉丸 |
| Dongguan | 肉丸 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 肉丸子, 肉丸 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 肉丸 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肉丸 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 肉丸 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 肉丸 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 肉丸 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 肉丸 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 肉圓仔 |
| Quanzhou | 肉圓仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 肉圓仔 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 肉丸 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 肉丸仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 肉丸 | |
| Tainan | 肉丸 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 肉丸 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 肉圓 | |
| Shantou | 肉圓 | |
| Jieyang | 肉圓 | |
| Haikou | 肉丸 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 肉圓 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 肉圓 | |
| Danyang | 肉圓 | |
| Hangzhou | 肉圓兒 | |
| Ningbo | 肉圓 | |
| Wenzhou | 肉圓 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 肉 | 球 |
| にく Grade: 2 |
きゅう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
