Chinese More information carefully; kick; tread oncarefully; kick; tread on; stamp, ball; sphere ... carefully; kick; tread oncarefully; kick; tread on; stamp ball; sphere simp. and trad.(蹴球) 蹴 球 alternative forms 蹴毬／蹴球 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): cùqiú (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: cùqiú Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ Tongyong Pinyin: cùcióu Wade–Giles: tsʻu4-chʻiu2 Yale: tsù-chyóu Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuhchyou Palladius: цуцю (cucju) Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/ Noun 蹴球 (rare) ancient Chinese ball game; appeared after cuju. Japanese More information Kanji in this term ... Kanji in this term 蹴 球 しゅうGrade: S きゅうGrade: 3 kan'yōon kan'on CloseEtymology Unclear. Either from Middle Chinese 蹴球 (MC tshjuwk gjuw, literally “kick + ball”), or a coinage in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 蹴 (shū, “kick”) + 球 (kyū, “ball”). Pronunciation (Tokyo) しゅうきゅう [shùúkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]IPA(key): [ɕɨːkʲɨː] Noun 蹴(しゅう)球(きゅう) • (shūkyū) ←しうきう (siukiu)? (rare) soccer Synonyms: サッカー (sakkā), ア式蹴球 (a-shiki shūkyū) (rare) football Synonym: フットボール (futtobōru) References [1]Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN Korean More information Hanja in this term ...Hanja in this term蹴球CloseNoun 蹴球 • (chukgu) (hangeul 축구) hanja form? of 축구 (“soccer”) Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.