See also: 罚球 Chinese More information to punish; to penalize, ball; sphere ... to punish; to penalize ball; sphere trad. (罰球) 罰 球 simp. (罚球) 罚 球 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): fáqiú (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ Cantonese (Jyutping): fat6 kau4 Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa̍t-kiû Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: fáqiú Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ Tongyong Pinyin: fációu Wade–Giles: fa2-chʻiu2 Yale: fá-chyóu Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farchyou Palladius: фацю (facju) Sinological IPA (key): /fä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/ (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+ Hanyu Pinyin: fáqiúr Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ Tongyong Pinyin: fációur Wade–Giles: fa2-chʻiu2-ʼrh Yale: fá-chyóur Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farchyoul Palladius: фацюр (facjur) Sinological IPA (key): /fä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: fat6 kau4 Yale: faht kàuh Cantonese Pinyin: fat9 kau4 Guangdong Romanization: fed6 keo4 Sinological IPA (key): /fɐt̚² kʰɐu̯²¹/ Southern Min (Hokkien) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-kiû Tâi-lô: hua̍t-kiû Phofsit Daibuun: hoadkiuu IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚⁴⁻³² kiu²⁴/ IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚²⁴⁻² kiu²⁴/ IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kiu¹³/ IPA (Taipei): /huat̚⁴⁻³² kiu²⁴/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚⁴⁻³² kiu²³/ Verb 罰球 (sports) to take a penalty shot (in basketball); to take a penalty kick (in football/soccer)Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.