Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 1231

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 球

MC description : 流開三平尤群

ZIHUI: 3808 1604

Beijing: ćhiou 12

Jinan: ćhiou 12

Xi'an: ćhiou 12

Taiyuan: ćhiou 1

Hankou: ćhiou 12

Chengdu: ćhiǝu 12

Yangzhou: ćhiôɨ 12

Suzhou: ʒ́iöy 12

Wenzhou: ʒ́iau 12

Changsha: ćiôu 12

Shuangfeng: ʒ́iû 12

Nanchang: ćiu 11

Meixian: khiu 12

Guangzhou: khau 12

Xiamen: khiu 12

Chaozhou: kiu 11

Fuzhou: kieu 12

Shanghai: ćiɨ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: khiou 12

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Chinese characters :

Character: 球

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiú

Preclassic Old Chinese: ghu

Classic Old Chinese: ghu

Western Han Chinese: ghǝw

Eastern Han Chinese: ghǝw

Early Postclassic Chinese: ghiw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghǝw

Late Postclassic Chinese: ghǝw

Middle Chinese: gǝw

English meaning : a k. of jade

Russian meaning[s]: 1) шар; мяч; 2) сфера; глобус; 3) древн. ударная пластинка из яшмы

Comments: Probably 'round, globular jade' - cf. the later meaning of the graph 'globe, sphere, ball'. For *gh- cf. Xiamen khiu².

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 96

Four-angle index: 5552

Karlgren code: 1066 f

Vietnamese reading: cầu

Jianchuan Bai: ćho2

Dali Bai: ćhou2

Bijiang Bai: ćho2

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