籃球

See also: 篮球

Chinese

		basket; goal	ball; sphere
trad. (籃球)		籃	球
simp. (篮球)		篮	球
2nd round simp.		兰球

籃球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lánqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁴ kau⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'lan⁴ qiu²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): làm-khiù / nàm-khiù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lam² kiu²

• Jin (Wiktionary): lan¹ qiou¹
• Northern Min (KCR): lāng-giǔ
• Eastern Min (BUC): làng-giù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nâ-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): na⁵ giu⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶le-jieu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lan² jiou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lánqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láncióu
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: lán-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanchyou
    • Palladius: ланьцю (lanʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lánqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láncióur
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: lán-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanchyoul
    • Palladius: ланьцюр (lanʹcjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: làahm kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'lan⁴ qiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈlan³⁵ t͡ɕʰiu²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làm-khiù
    • Hakka Romanization System: lamˇ kiuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lam² kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /lam¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làm-khiù / nàm-khiù
    • Hakka Romanization System: lamˇ kiuˇ / namˇ kiuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lam² kiu² / nam² kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /lam¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/, /nam¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lam² kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /lam¹¹ kʰiu¹¹/

Note: nàm-khiù - Meinong.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lan¹ qiou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /læ̃¹¹ t͡ɕʰiəu¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lāng-giǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵ kiu²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: làng-giù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(k-)ŋieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: nâ-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: na'kiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: na⁵ giu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâ kiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /na⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-jieu
    • MiniDict: le^去 jieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-jjieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² d͡ʑiɤ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lan² jiou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃an¹³ t͡ɕi̯əu̯¹³/

Noun

籃球

1. basketball (sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop)
2. basketball (particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 籃球 (“basketball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		籃球
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	籃球
	Taiwan	籃球
	Chengde	籃球
	Chifeng	籃球
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	籃球
	Heihe	籃球
	Qiqihar	籃球
	Harbin	籃球兒
	Jiamusi	籃球
	Baicheng	籃球
	Changchun	籃球
	Tonghua	籃球
	Shenyang	籃球
	Jinzhou	籃球
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	籃球兒
	Tangshan	籃球
	Cangzhou	籃球
	Baoding	籃球
	Shijiazhuang	籃球
	Lijin	籃球
	Jinan	籃球
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	籃球兒
	Dandong	籃球
	Yantai	籃球
	Yantai (Muping)	籃球
	Qingdao	籃球
	Zhucheng	籃球
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	籃球
	Jining	籃球
	Wanrong	籃球
	Linfen	籃球
	Shangqiu	籃球
	Yuanyang	籃球
	Zhengzhou	籃球
	Lingbao	籃球
	Xinyang	籃球
	Baihe	籃球
	Xi'an	籃球
	Baoji	籃球
	Tianshui	籃球
	Xining	籃球
	Xuzhou	籃球兒, 籃球
	Fuyang	籃球
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	籃球
	Lanzhou	籃球
	Dunhuang	籃球
	Hami	籃球
	Ürümqi	籃球兒, 籃球
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	籃球
	Nanchong	籃球
	Dazhou	籃球
	Hanyuan	籃球
	Xichang	籃球
	Zigong	籃球
	Chongqing	籃球
	Wuhan	籃球
	Yichang	籃球
	Xiangyang	籃球
	Tianmen	籃球
	Guiyang	籃球
	Zunyi	籃球
	Bijie	籃球
	Liping	籃球
	Zhaotong	籃球
	Dali	籃球
	Kunming	籃球
	Mengzi	籃球
	Guilin	籃球
	Liuzhou	籃球
	Jishou	籃球
	Changde	籃球
	Hanzhong	籃球
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	籃球
	Yangzhou	籃球
	Lianyungang	籃球
	Lianshui	籃球
	Nantong	籃球
	Wuhu	籃球
	Hefei	籃球
	Hong'an	籃球
Mandarin	Singapore	籃球
Cantonese	Guangzhou	籃球
	Hong Kong	籃球, 籃波
Gan	Nanchang	籃球
	Lichuan	籃球
	Pingxiang	籃球
Hakka	Meixian	籃球
	Yudu	籃球
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	籃球
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	籃球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	籃球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	籃球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	籃球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	籃球
Huizhou	Jixi	籃球
	Shexian	籃球
Jin	Taiyuan	籃球
	Yangyuan	籃球
	Datong	籃球
	Xinzhou	籃球
	Lüliang (Lishi)	籃球
	Changzhi	籃球
	Linhe	籃球
	Jining	籃球
	Hohhot	籃球
	Erenhot	籃球
	Pingshan	籃球
	Zhangjiakou	籃球
	Handan	籃球
	Linzhou	籃球
	Suide	籃球
Northern Min	Jian'ou	籃球
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	籃球, 箂球 dated
Southern Min	Xiamen	籃球
	Quanzhou	籃球
	Zhangzhou	籃球
	Tainan	籃球
	Singapore (Hokkien)	籃球
	Singapore (Teochew)	籃球
	Leizhou	籃球
	Haikou	籃球
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	籃球
Wu	Shanghai	籃球
	Shanghai (Chongming)	籃球
	Suzhou	籃球
	Danyang	籃球
	Hangzhou	籃球
	Ningbo	籃球
	Wenzhou	籃球
	Jinhua	籃球
Xiang	Changsha	籃球
	Loudi	籃球

Derived terms

• 籃球場／篮球场 (lánqiúchǎng)
• 籃球架／篮球架
• 籃球賽／篮球赛

 

Further reading

• “Entry #12996”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
籃	球
らん Hyōgaiji	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

籃(らん)球(きゅう) • (rankyū) 

1. (uncommon) basketball

Synonyms

• (more common) バスケットボール (basukettobōru): basketball
• 籠球(ろうきゅう) (rōkyū): basketball

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN