踢皮球

踢皮球

Chinese

		kick; play (football or soccer)	rubber ball; ball
simp. and trad. (踢皮球)		踢	皮球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tī píqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tek³ pei⁴ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tī píqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti pyichyou
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: tīpíqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tipyichyoul
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰjɤʊɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tek³ pei⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: tek pèih kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tek⁸ pei⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tég³ péi⁴ keo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːk̚³ pʰei̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

踢皮球

1. (literally) to kick a ball around
2. (figuratively) to avoid responsibility and pass it off to each other