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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tī píqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ti pícióu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi¹ pʻi²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: tī pí-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti pyichyou
    • Palladius: ти пицю (ti picju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīpíqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tipícióur
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi¹-pʻi²-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: tī-pí-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tipyichyoul
    • Palladius: типицюр (tipicjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tek³ pei⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: tek pèih kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tek⁸ pei⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tég³ péi⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːk̚³ pʰei̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

踢皮球

1. (literal) to kick a ball around
2. (figurative) to pass the buck; to avoid responsibility and pass it off to each other

   • 「去求助警察，這是唯一的正當手段，但是警方也是踢皮球，我們不可能硬闖，合法手段已經全部用盡了。」 [MSC, trad.]
     「去求助警察，这是唯一的正当手段，但是警方也是踢皮球，我们不可能硬闯，合法手段已经全部用尽了。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 January 15, 张楠茜, 《拯救可橙： 被父母强送矫治的跨性别者》, in 《鳳凰週刊》 [Phoenix Weekly], →ISSN, issue 747, page 41

     “qù qiúzhù jǐngchá, zhè shì wéiyī de zhèngdàng shǒuduàn, dànshì jǐngfāng yěshì tī píqiú, wǒmen bù kěnéng yìng chuǎng, héfǎ shǒuduàn yǐjīng quánbù yòngjìn le.” [Pinyin]

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