"foul" meaning in Chinese

See foul in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fɐu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fɐu̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: fau¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fāu [Cantonese, Yale], fau¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], feo¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from English foul. Etymology templates: {{bor+|yue|en|foul}} Borrowed from English foul Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} foul
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, usually sports) to disqualify due to a foul (breach of rules of the game) or a violation Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, usually Synonyms (to disqualify): DQ
    Sense id: en-foul-zh-verb-X1Mw1JLo Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Sports, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 9 40 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 44 25 31 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to disqualify': 94 0 6
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, by extension) to eliminate Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, broadly
    Sense id: en-foul-zh-verb-tD4pTbo0 Categories (other): Cantonese terms with collocations, Hong Kong Cantonese
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to reject (an idea or a proposal) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Synonyms (to reject): ban
    Sense id: en-foul-zh-verb-kWciIovx Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of 'to reject': 5 0 95
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, usually sports) to disqualify due to a foul (breach of rules of the game) or a violation"
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        {
          "text": "被foul出局 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― bei⁶ fau¹ ceot¹ guk⁶ [Jyutping] ― to be eliminated (in a competition, etc.)"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "zh-pron": "fau¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "fāu"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "fau¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "feo¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/fɐu̯⁵⁵/",
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      "ipa": "/fɐu̯⁵⁵/"
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, usually sports) to disqualify due to a foul (breach of rules of the game) or a violation"
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      "zh-pron": "fāu"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "DQ"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reject",
      "word": "ban"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foul"
}

Download raw JSONL data for foul meaning in Chinese (2.2kB)

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