bò͘-lù
Hokkien
Etymology
Borrowed from
Japanese
ボール
(
bōru
)
, from
English
ball
.
Pronunciation
(
Hokkien
:
General
Taiwanese
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
bò͘-lù
Tâi-lô
:
bòo-lù
Phofsit Daibuun
:
borlux
Sinological IPA (
Kaohsiung
)
:
/bɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ lu²¹/
Sinological IPA (
Taipei
)
:
/bɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ lu¹¹/
Noun
bò͘-lù
(
Taiwan
,
baseball
)
ball
(pitch that falls outside of the strike zone)
Synonyms
壞球
/
坏球
(
huàiqiú
)
Antonyms
好球
(
hǎoqiú
)