野球

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1
wild ball
simp. and trad.
(野球)		 野 球

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).

Noun

野球

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) baseball
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 棒球 (“baseball”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 棒球
Mandarin Taiwan 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
Min Nan 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

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, Adachi, Mitsuru; 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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