野球

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Chinese

Etymology 1

wild ball
simp. and trad.
(野球) 		野 球

Pronunciation

Noun

野球

  1. informal ball game (chiefly football or basketball)

Etymology 2

field ball
simp. and trad.
(野球) 		野 球

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 野(や)球(きゅう) (yakyū).

Pronunciation

Noun

野球

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) baseball
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 棒球 (“baseball”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 棒球
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 棒球
Singapore 棒球
Cantonese Hong Kong 棒球
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 野球, 棒球
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 野球, 棒球
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 野球, 棒球
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 野球, 棒球
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 野球, 棒球
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 野球
Southern Min Xiamen 棒球
Quanzhou 棒球
Zhangzhou 棒球
Tainan 野球, 棒球

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野 球
や
Grade: 2 		きゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on
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Etymology

野 (ya, “field”) +‎ 球 (kyū, “ball”)

Pronunciation

Noun

野(や)球(きゅう) • (yakyū) ←やきう (yakiu)?

  1. baseball (ball game)
    • 2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi with Buronson, “白い夏 [White Summer]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 193–194:
      や、やめろ！やめてくれ……勝(か)つためだけに野(や)球(きゅう)をやってるんじゃない……友(とも)達(だち)を…一(いっ)生(しょう)の友(とも)達(だち)を……
      Ya, yamero! Yamete kure…… Katsu tame dake ni yakyū o yatterun ja nai…… Tomodachi o… Isshō no tomodachi o……
      St-Stop, you two! Just stop... Baseball isn’t all about winning... It’s where you make friends... the best friends in your life...
  2. a baseball (ball used in the game)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Hakka: 野球 (yâ-khiù)
  • → Korean: 야구 (yagu)
  • → Marshallese: iakiu
  • → Min Nan: 野球 (iá-kiû)

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
野球

Noun

野球 • (yagu) (hangeul 야구)

  1. hanja form? of 야구 (“baseball”)
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