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): ㄊㄧㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tek³ pei⁴ kau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tī píqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄆㄧˊ 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: ㄊㄧㄆㄧˊ 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

(literal) to kick a ball around
(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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