DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

回力球

Mandarin · pinyin huí lì qiú

(sports) jai alai; cesta punta
ball used in this sport

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

回: huí · return, turn around; a time
力: lì · power, capability, influence; Kangxi radical 19
球: qiú · ball, sphere, globe; round

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–2 · hui2 li4 qiu2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

回力球 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wui4 lik6 kau4

Cantonese word readings for 回力球. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack