烏龍球

烏龍球

See also: 乌龙球

Chinese

		unexpected mistake or mishap	ball; sphere
trad. (烏龍球)		烏龍	球
simp. (乌龙球)		乌龙	球

Etymology

Originally Hong Kong Cantonese. 烏龍 is a phono-semantic matching of English own (goal).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūlóngqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lung^4-2 kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūlóngqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wulóngcióu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-lung²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: wū-lúng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulongchyou
    • Palladius: улунцю (uluncju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ lung^4-2 kau⁴
    • Yale: wū lúng kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lung^4-2 kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ lung^4-2 keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

烏龍球

1. (sports) own goal

Related terms

• 自擺烏龍／自摆乌龙 (zìbǎiwūlóng)
• (Cantonese) 擺烏龍／摆乌龙 (baai2 wu1 lung4-2)